NGC 608
| Galaxy NGC 608 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | triangle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 35 m 28.2 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 39 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 32 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 26 |
| Redshift | 0.017022 +/- 0.000130 |
| Radial velocity | 5103 +/- 39 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(234 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (71.8 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 22, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 608 • UGC 1135 • PGC 5913 • CGCG 502-117 • MCG + 05-04-073 • 2MASX J01352825 + 3339242 • GC 359 • h 134 • LEDA 5913 • LDCE 74 NED091 | |
NGC 608 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation triangle at the northern sky . It is an estimated 234 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years across .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 579 , NGC 582 , NGC 614 , IC 1718 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 22nd, 1827 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 608 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 608. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 28, 2015 .