NGC 670

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Galaxy
NGC 670
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation triangle
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 47 m 24.8 s
declination + 27 ° 53 ′ 09 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA0  
Brightness  (visual) 12.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.6 mag
Angular expansion 2.1 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 172 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.012332 +/- 0.000008  
Radial velocity 3697 +/- 2 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(171 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(52.3 ± 4.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date October 26, 1786
Catalog names
NGC  670 • UGC  1250 • PGC  6570 • CGCG  503-024 • MCG  + 5-05-12 • IRAS  01446 + 2738 • 2MASX  J01472484 + 2753085 • GC  395 • H  II 611 • h  149 • KUG 0144 + 276 • LDCE 0106 NED002

NGC 670 is an elliptical galaxy in the triangle constellation , which is approximately 171 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with NGC 684 and IC 1731 it forms the NGC 684 group .

The object was discovered on October 26, 1786 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 670  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 670
  3. Seligman