NGC 543

NGC 543 is an elliptical galaxy located around 324 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 543 was discovered on October 31st, 1864 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest.^[4][5][6] It is not known to have much star formation, and it is a member of the galaxy cluster Abell 194.^[3]

NGC 543
SDSS image of NGC 543
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01h 25m 50.00503s[1]
Declination	−01° 17′ 34.0010″[1]
Redshift	0.017575[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5223 km/s[1]
Distance	324.66 ± 0.75 Mly (99.54 ± 0.23 Mpc)[2]
Group or cluster	Abell 194[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	15.0[1]
Characteristics
Type	S0[1]
Other designations
MCG +00-04-138, PGC 5311[1]