NGC 664
Galaxy NGC 664 |
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Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | fishes |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 43 m 45.8 s |
declination | + 04 ° 13 ′ 22 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sb |
Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
Position angle | 65 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.018096 ± 0.000017 |
Radial velocity | 5425 ± 5 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(245 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.1 ± 5.1) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | John Herschel |
Discovery date | September 24, 1830 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 664 • UGC 1210 • PGC 6359 • CGCG 412-023 • MCG + 01-05-29 • IRAS 01411 + 0358 • 2MASX J01434582 + 0413222 • GC 393 • h 148 • |
NGC 664 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 245 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 150 and IC 1726 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 24, 1830 .
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