NGC 634

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Galaxy
NGC 634
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Shot of the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys
Shot of the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys
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Constellation triangle
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 38 m 18.6 s
declination + 35 ° 21 ′ 53 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sat  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 2.1 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 167 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 26  
Redshift 0.016428 +/- 0.000027  
Radial velocity 4925 +/- 8 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(226 ± 16)  x  10 6  ly
(69.4 ± 4.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan
Discovery date October 26, 1876
Catalog names
NGC  634 • UGC  1164 • PGC  6059 • CGCG  521-060 • MCG  + 06-04-048 • IRAS  F01354 + 3506 • 2MASX  J01381867 + 3521534 • GC  5191 • LDCE 0074 NED094

NGC 634 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation triangle at the northern sky , an estimated 226 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.

The object was discovered on October 26, 1876 by the French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .

Web links

Commons : NGC 634  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 634
  3. Seligman