NGC 665

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Galaxy
NGC 665
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 44 m 56.0 s
declination + 10 ° 25 ′ 23 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) S0 ^ 0 ^?  
Brightness  (visual) 12.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.2 mag
Angular expansion 2.4 ′ × 1.6 ′
Position angle 125 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 31  
Redshift 0.018079 +/- 0.000067  
Radial velocity 5420 +/- 20 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(246 ± 17)  ·  10 6  ly
(75.3 ± 5.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date November 22, 1786
Catalog names
NGC  665 • UGC  1223 • PGC  6415 • MCG  + 02-05-019 • IRAS  F01422 + 1010 • 2MASX  J01445609 + 1025230 • GC  394 • H  II 588 • GALEX ASC J014456.15 + 102522.6 • LDCE 107 NED002

NGC 665 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 246 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 175,000 ly
. a. the galaxies IC 154 , IC 156 , IC 161 , IC 162 .

The object was discovered by William Herschel on November 22, 1786 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 665
  3. Seligman