NGC 568

NGC 568, also commonly referred as IC 1709 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy^[2] in the constellation of Sculptor.^[5] The galaxy is 266 million light-years from Earth^[6] and was discovered by John Herschel on November 29, 1837, and Lewis Swift, an American astronomer who listed it and gave it the name IC 1709 on September 4, 1897.^[1]

NGC 568
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Sculptor
Right ascension	01h 27m 57.0s[1]
Declination	−35° 43′ 03″
Redshift	0.018823±0.000133
Heliocentric radial velocity	5,679 km/s[2]
Distance	266 million light-year, 82.41 Mpc
Apparent magnitude (V)	10.479[3]
Characteristics
Type	SA0− pec?[2]
Other designations
IC 1709, ESO 353-3, PGC 5468, 2MASX J01275699-3543039, GSC 07004-01899, MCG-06-04-037, 6dFGS gJ012757.0-354304, 2dFGRS TGS623Z103, ESO-LV 353-0030, SGC 012541-3558.6, LEDA 5468, DUGRS 353-002, APMBGC 353+112+050 and Gaia DR2 5013264743345545088[4]
References: [1][4]

See also

• List of NGC objects

External links

• NGC 568