NGC 524

NGC 524 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is at a distance of about 90 million light-years away from Earth. In the central bulge of the galaxy is visible gas forming a spiral structure. It is the largest galaxy in the small NGC 524 group of galaxies, which is associated with NGC 488 and its group. It was discovered by William Herschel on 4 September 1786.

Observation

On 4 May 1985 it was occulted by the Moon during a Total Lunar Eclipse over South Africa and Antarctica.

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in the galaxy:

SN 2000cx was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search on 17 July 2000. This supernova reached magnitue 13.1, and was the brightest observed in the year 2000.
SN 2008Q was discovered by Giancarlo Cortini on 26 January 2008.