NGC 560

NGC 560 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be about 250 million light-years from the Milky Way^[3] and has a diameter of approximately 120,000 light years. It is part of the Abell 194 galaxy cluster.^[4] NGC 560 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on October 1, 1785.^[5][6][3]

NGC 560
NGC 560 imaged by SDSS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01h 27m 25.434s[1]
Declination	−01° 54′ 46.54″[1]
Redshift	0.018289[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5433 km/s[2]
Distance	250.4 ± 17.6 Mly (76.78 ± 5.39 Mpc)[3]
Group or cluster	Abell 194[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.0[2]
Characteristics
Type	S00[3]
Size	~120,600 ly (36.98 kpc) (estimated)[3]
Apparent size (V)	2.0′ × 0.5′[3]
Other designations
UGC 1036, MCG +00-04-151, PGC 5430, CGCG 385-145[3]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 560: SN 2024pnw (type Ia, mag. 18.29) was discovered by BlackGEM on July 13, 2024.^[7]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)