NGC 626
| Galaxy NGC 626 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 35 m 12.1 s |
| declination | -39 ° 8 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 4 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018942 ± 0.000021 |
| Radial velocity | 5679 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(251 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (76.9 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 4, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 626 • PGC 5901 • ESO 297-006 • MCG -07-04-018 • IRAS F01329-3924 • 2MASX J01351206-3908457 • SGC 013300-3924.2 • GC 370 • h 2427 • HIPASS J0135-39 • LDCE 97 NED002 | |
NGC 626 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 251 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 165,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 630 .
The object was discovered on September 4, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 626. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on September 2, 2015 .