NGC 538

NGC 538 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. It is located about 250 million light-years from the Milky Way^[2] with a diameter of approximately 95,000 ly.^{[citation needed]} NGC 538 was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis Swift in 1886.^[3][4][5]

NGC 538
SDSS image of NGC 538
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01h 25m 26.06364s[1]
Declination	−01° 33′ 02.2258″[1]
Redshift	0.017756[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5276 km/s[1]
Distance	250 Mly (77 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.58[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB(s)ab:[2]
Other designations
UGC 991, MCG +00-04-130, PGC 5275[1]

NGC 538 is estimated to be about 2.5 billion years old.^[6]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)