NGC 520

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NGC 520

An ultraviolet image of NGC 520 taken with GALEX.
Credit: GALEX/NASA.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 01h 24m 35.1s[1]
Declination +03° 47′ 33″[1]
Redshift 2,281 ± 3 km/s[1]
Distance 100 Mly (30 Mpc)[citation needed]
Type Pec[1]
Apparent dimensions (V) 4′.5[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 12.2[1]
Notable features interacting galaxies
Other designations
UGC 966,[1] PGC 5193,[1] Arp 157[1]
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

NGC 520 is a pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 100 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. It has a H II nucleus.[2]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Results for NGC 520. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
  2. ^ Ho, Luis C.; Filippenko, Alexei V. & Sargent, Wallace L. W. (October 1997), “A Search for "Dwarf" Seyfert Nuclei. III. Spectroscopic Parameters and Properties of the Host Galaxies”, Astrophysical Journal Supplement 112: 315-390