NGC 531 explained

NGC 531
Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Andromeda
Ra:	^[1]
H Radial V:	4660 km/s
Z:	0.015667
Dist Ly:	^[2]
Type:	SB0/a:
Appmag B:	14.86^[3]
Names:	^[4]

NGC 531 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda with a visual magnitude of 10.51. It is a distance of 65.7 Mpc from the Sun.^{[5] [6]} It is a member of the Hickson Compact Group HCG 10,^[4] and is interacting with the other members of the group.^[5]

External links

• NGC 531 on SIMBAD

Notes and References

1. 10.1086/498708 . Skrutskie . Michael F. . Cutri . Roc M. . Stiening . Rae . Weinberg . Martin D. . Schneider . Stephen E. . Carpenter . John M. . Beichman . Charles A. . Capps . Richard W. . Chester . Thomas . Elias . Jonathan H. . Huchra . John P. . Liebert . James W. . Lonsdale . Carol J. . Monet . David G. . Price . Stephan . Seitzer . Patrick . Jarrett . Thomas H. . Kirkpatrick . J. Davy . Gizis . John E. . Howard . Elizabeth V. . Evans . Tracey E. . Fowler . John W. . Fullmer . Linda . Hurt . Robert L. . Light . Robert M. . Kopan . Eugene L. . Marsh . Kenneth A. . McCallon . Howard L. . Tam . Robert . Van Dyk . Schuyler D. . Wheelock . Sherry L. . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) . The Astronomical Journal . 1 February 2006 . 131 . 2 . 1163–1183 . 2006AJ....131.1163S . 18913331 . 0004-6256 . free .
2. Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey. Crook, Aidan C.. Huchra, John P.. Martimbeau, Nathalie. Masters, Karen L.. Jarrett, Tom. Macri, Lucas M.. The Astrophysical Journal. 655. 2. 790–813. 2007. 2007ApJ...655..790C. 10.1086/510201. astro-ph/0610732. 11672751.
3. Web site: Search specification: NGC 531. HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. 2021-02-04.
4. NGC 531. 2021-02-04.
5. VRI Surface Photometry of the Spiral Galaxies NGC 531, NGC 536, and NGC 542 in HCG10. Song . Woo-Mi . Ann . Hong . 1999-01-01 . Publications of the Korean Astronomical Society. 14. 1. 1–8. 1999PKAS...14....1S.
6. Web site: NGC 531 - spiral galaxy with bar. Description NGC 531 . astro-map.com . 2020-03-25 .