NGC 560
NGC 560 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be about 250 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 150,000 light years. It is part of the Abell 194 galaxy cluster. NGC 560 was discovered on October 1, 1785 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.
Q192078
lenticular galaxy
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Q8839
Cetus
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Q531
light-year
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Q321
Milky Way
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Q204107
galaxy cluster
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Q11063
astronomer
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Q14277
William Herschel
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Q1037385
NGC 560
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Q1037385
NGC 560
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1785-10-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
October 1, 1785
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+150.000^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
150,000
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