NGC 696
| Galaxy NGC 696 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 49 m 31.2 s |
| declination | -34 ° 54 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) 0+ / LLAGN? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026935 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 8075 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(358 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (109.8 ± 7.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 29, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 696 • PGC 6695 • ESO 353-050 • MCG -06-05-004 • 2MASX J01493128-3454187 • GC 415 • h 2440 • GALEX ASC J014931.19-345421.0 | |
NGC 696 is a 13.5 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a with an angular extent of 1.7 '× 0.6' in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is an estimated 358 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 180,000 light years in diameter. It probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with NGC 698 .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 1739 .
The object was discovered on November 29, 1837 by the British astronomer John Herschel .