NGC 520

NGC 520
NGC 520 by HST
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	01h 24m 35.1s
Declination	+03° 47′ 33″
Redshift	0.007609
Helio radial velocity	2,281 ± 3 km/s
Distance	90.7 Mly (27.8 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.2
Characteristics
Type	Pec
Apparent size (V)	4′.5
Notable features	Interacting galaxies
Other designations
UGC 966,PGC 5193,Arp 157
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

NGC 520 is a pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 90 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. It has a H II nucleus.

Image taken by ESO Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera attached to the 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla.

GALEX (ultraviolet)

2MASS (near-infrared)

From the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter (Broadband, visible

Coordinates: 01^h 24^m 35.1^s, +03° 47′ 33″

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