ESO 540- G 015, MCG -04-02-035, 2MASX J00412688-2102529, IRAS F00389-2119, ESO-LV 5400150, 6dF J0041268-210253, PGC 2478.[1]
NGC 216 is a lenticular galaxy located approximately 68.8 million light-years from the Sun[2] in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on December 9, 1784, by William Herschel.[3] It has the appearance of a dusty disk galaxy being viewed from edge-on with a peculiar, one-sided bar.[4]
12An object's distance from Earth can be determined using Hubble's law: v=Ho is Hubble's constant (70±5 (km/s)/Mpc). The relative uncertainty Δd/d divided by the distance is equal to the sum of the relative uncertainties of the velocity and v=Ho
↑Meurer, G. R.; Mackie, G. (1992). Barbuy, Beatriz; Renzini, Alvio (eds.). The Morphology and Stellar Populations of the Dwarf Amorphous Galaxies NGC 216 and NGC 2915. The Stellar Populations of Galaxies: Proceedings of the 149th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Angra dos Reis, Brazil, August 5-9, 1991. Symposium no. 149. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. p.457. Bibcode:1992IAUS..149..457M.
