NGC 624
| Galaxy NGC 624 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 35 m 51.1 s |
| declination | -10 ° 0 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) b pec HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 100 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019614 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5880 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(264 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (80.9 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 28, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 624 • PGC 5932 • MCG -02-05-10 • IRAS 01333-1015 • 2MASX J01355106-1000105 • GC 368 • H III 471 • h 140 • HIPASS J0135-09 | |
NGC 624 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Whale , which is approximately 264 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on November 28, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 624. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on September 2, 2015 .