NGC 676
| Galaxy NGC 676 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 48 m 57.3 s |
| declination | + 5 ° 54 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a: / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 172 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005023 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 1506 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(70 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.5 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 30, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 676 • UGC 1270 • PGC 6656 • CGCG 412-028 • MCG + 01-05-034 • GC 400 • H IV 42 • h 151 • ARAK 57 • HIPASS J0149 + 05 | |
NGC 676 is a Lenticular galaxy with active galaxies core from the Hubble type in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 70 million light-years away from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 693 and NGC 706 .
The object was discovered on September 30, 1786 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 676. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on September 18, 2015 .