01h25m 26.06364s[1]
−01° 33′ 02.2258″[1]
0.017756[1]
5276 km/s[1]
14.58[1]
Characteristics
SB(s)ab:[2]
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NGC 538 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellationofCetus. It is located about 250 million light-years from the Milky Way[2] with a diameter of approximately 95,000 ly.[citation needed] NGC 538 was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis Swift in 1886.[3][4][5]
NGC 538 is estimated to be about 2.5 billion years old.[6]
Media related to NGC 538 at Wikimedia Commons
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