NGC 543

NGC 543 is an elliptical galaxy located around 324 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 543 was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on October 31st, 1864.^[6][5][7][8] It is not known to have much star formation, and it is a member of the galaxy cluster Abell 194.^[3][4]

NGC 543
NGC 543 imaged by SDSS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01h 25m 50.00503s[1]
Declination	−01° 17′ 34.0010″[1]
Redshift	0.017575[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5223 km/s[1]
Distance	324.66 ± 0.75 Mly (99.54 ± 0.23 Mpc)[2]
Group or cluster	Abell 194[3][4]
Apparent magnitude (B)	15.0[1]
Characteristics
Type	S0[1]
Size	~78,300 ly (24.01 kpc) (estimated)[5]
Apparent size (V)	0.6′ × 0.3′[6]
Other designations
MCG +00-04-138, PGC 5311, CGCG 385-130[1][5]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)