NGC 519

{{Short description|Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus}}

{{Infobox galaxy

|name=NGC 519

|image=NGC519 - SDSS DR14.jpg

|alt=NGC 519

|caption=NGC 519 as seen on SDSS

|epoch=J2000{{Cite simbad|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+519|title=NGC 519|access-date=2017-12-09}}

|ra={{RA|01|24|28.6}}{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+519|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-10-05}}

|dec={{DEC|-01|38|29}}

|constellation name=Cetus{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC519|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 519|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2017-10-05}}

|type=E

|appmag_b=15.4

|appmag_v=14.4

|h_radial_v=(5276 ± 78) km/s

|dist_ly=242 MlyAn object's distance from Earth can be determined using Hubble's law: v=Ho is Hubble's constant (70±5 (km/s)/Mpc). The relative uncertainty Δd/d divided by the distance is equal to the sum of the relative uncertainties of the velocity and v=Ho

|z=0.017756 ± 0.000260

|size_v=0.5' × 0.3'

|notes=

|names=PGC 5182, MGC +00-04-116, 2MASS J01242863-0138284{{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc5.htm#519|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 500 - 549|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-16}}

}}

NGC 519, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5182, is an elliptical galaxy located approximately 242 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on 20 November 1886 by astronomer Lewis Swift.

Observation history

Swift discovered the object along with NGC 530, 538 and 557 using a 16-inch refractor telescope at the Warner Observatory.{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/NGC%201-7840%20complete.htm|title=astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/NGC%201-7840%20complete.htm}} It was later catalogued by John Louis Emil Dreyer in the New General Catalogue, where the galaxy was described as "most extremely faint, very small, round, very difficult".

Description

The galaxy appears very dim in the sky as it only has an apparent visual magnitude of 14.4. It can be classified as type E using the Hubble Sequence. The object's distance of roughly 240 million light-years from the Solar System can be estimated using its redshift and Hubble's law.

Image:NGC 0519 SDSS.jpg)]]

== See also ==

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