NGC 524
{{Short description|Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces}}
{{Infobox galaxy
| name = NGC 524
| image = NGC524.jpg
| caption = NGC 524 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
| epoch = J2000
| type = SA(rs)0+{{cite web
| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
| work=Results for NGC 524
| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+524
| access-date=2006-11-18 }}
| dist_ly = 86.1 ± 13.7 Mly (26.4 ± 4.2 Mpc)
| appmag_v = 10.5
| size_v = 2.8{{prime}} × 2.8{{prime}}
| constellation name = Pisces
| notes =
}}
NGC 524 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is at a distance of about 90 million light-years away from Earth. In the central bulge of the galaxy is visible gas forming a spiral structure.{{cite web |title=Hubble Eyes a Mysterious Old Spiral |website=NASA |date=26 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609100645/https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-eyes-a-mysterious-old-spiral/ |archive-date=2023-06-09 |url-status=live |url=http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-eyes-a-mysterious-old-spiral/}} It is the largest galaxy in the small NGC 524 group of galaxies, which is associated with NGC 488 and its group.{{cite journal|last1=Dmitry Makarov and Igor Karachentsev|title=Galaxy groups and clouds in the local (z~ 0.01) Universe|journal=MNRAS|date=2011|volume=412|issue=4|pages=2498–2520|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18071.x|doi-access=free |arxiv = 1011.6277 |bibcode = 2011MNRAS.412.2498M |s2cid=119194025}} It was discovered by William Herschel on 4 September 1786.{{cite web | url = https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc5.htm#524 | title = New General Catalogue Objects: NGC{{nbsp}}524 | last = Seligman | first = Courtney | website = Celestial Atlas | access-date = 7 December 2024}}
Observation
On 4 May 1985 (the May 1985 lunar eclipse) it was occulted by the Moon during a Total Lunar Eclipse over South Africa and Antarctica.{{cite book |date=2002 |first=Jan |last=Meeus |chapter=Occultations of deep-sky objects during a total lunar eclipse |pages=157–162 |title=More Mathematical Astronomy Morsels |publisher=Willmann-Bell |isbn=0943396743 |url=https://falakmu.id/khgt/dokumen/More%20mathematical%20astronomy%20morsels%20(Jean%20Meeus)%20(Z-Library).pdf}}{{rp|160}}
=Supernovae=
Two supernovae have been observed in the galaxy:
- SN 2000cx (type{{nbsp}}Ia-pec, mag. 14.5) was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) on 17 July 2000.{{cite journal | bibcode=2000IAUC.7458....1Y| title=Supernova 2000cx in NGC 524| last1=Yu| first1=C.| last2=Modjaz| first2=M.| last3=Li| first3=W. D.| journal=International Astronomical Union Circular| date=2000| issue=7458| page=1}}{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}2000cx | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2000cx | publisher = IAU | access-date=7 December 2024}} This supernova reached magnitue 13.1, and was the brightest observed in the year 2000.{{cite web
| url = https://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2000/index.html
| title = Bright Supernovae - 2000
| last = Bishop
| first = David
| website = Rochester Astronomy
| access-date = 7 December 2024
}}
- SN 2008Q (type Ia, mag. 16.5) was discovered by Giancarlo Cortini on 26 January 2008.{{cite journal | bibcode=2008CBET.1228....1V| title=Supernova 2008Q in NGC 524| last1=Villi| first1=M.| last2=Moretti| first2=S.| last3=Tomaselli| first3=S.| last4=Cherini| first4=G.| journal=Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams| date=2008| issue=1228| page=1}}{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}2008Q | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2008Q | publisher = IAU | access-date=7 December 2024}}
Gallery
References
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External links
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- {{WikiSky}}
- [http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC524 SEDS]
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{{Catalogs|PGC=5222|UGC=968|NGC=524}}
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Category:Pisces (constellation)
Category:Discoveries by William Herschel
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