NGC 524

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.^[2] It is the largest galaxy in the small NGC 524 group of galaxies, which is associated with NGC 488 and its group.^[3] It was discovered by William Herschel on 4 September 1786.^[4]

NGC 524
NGC 524 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	01h 24m 47.7s[1]
Declination	+09° 32′ 20″[1]
Redshift	2403 ± 5 km/s[1]
Distance	86.1 ± 13.7 Mly (26.4 ± 4.2 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	10.5
Characteristics
Type	SA(rs)0+[1]
Apparent size (V)	2.8′ × 2.8′[1]
Other designations
UGC 968, PGC 5222[1]

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.^[5]: 160

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in the galaxy:

• SN 2000cx (type Ia-pec, mag. 14.5) was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) on 17 July 2000.^[6][7] This supernova reached magnitue 13.1, and was the brightest observed in the year 2000.^[8]
• SN 2008Q (type Ia, mag. 16.5) was discovered by Giancarlo Cortini on 26 January 2008.^[9][10]

Gallery

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  NGC 524 (SDSS DR14)
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  NGC 524 (HST)