NGC 606
| Galaxy NGC 606 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 34 m 50.1 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 25 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 114 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033260 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 9971 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(450 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (138.1 ± 9.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan |
| Discovery date | October 18, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 606 • UGC 1126 • PGC 5874 • CGCG 460-011 • MCG + 03-05-10 • IRAS 01321 + 2109 • 2MASX J01345018 + 2125063 • | |
NGC 606 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces , which is about 450 million light years from the Milky Way . It was discovered on October 18, 1881 by the French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 606. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 28, 2015 .