NGC 658
| Galaxy NGC 658 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 42 m 09.6 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 36 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3 ′, 0 × 1 ′, 6 |
| Position angle | 23 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009967 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 2988 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(137 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (42.1 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | November 27, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 658 • UGC 1192 • PGC 6275 • CGCG 437-009 • MCG + 02-05-009 • IRAS 01394 + 1220 • 2MASX J01420965 + 1236069 • GALEX ASC J014209.67 + 123607.7 | |
NGC 658 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic. It is estimated to be 137 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 152 .
The object was discovered on November 27, 1880 by the French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .
Web links
Commons : NGC 658 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 658. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on September 8, 2015 .