NGC 698
Galaxy NGC 698 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Chemical furnace |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 49 m 43.7 s |
declination | -34 ° 49 ′ 52 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | (R) SA (r) b / HII |
Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
Position angle | 164 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.027500 ± 0.000210 |
Radial velocity | 8244 ± 63 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(366 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (112.1 ± 7.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | John Herschel |
Discovery date | November 29, 1837 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 698 • PGC 6710 • ESO 353-051 • MCG -06-05-005 • IRAS F01475-3504 • 2MASX J01494371-3449517 • SGC 014731-3504.7 • GC 417 • GALEX ASC J014943.64-344950.1 |
NGC 698 is a 14 mag bright bar spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 366 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter. It probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with NGC 696 .
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 .