NGC 700

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Galaxy
NGC 700
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Constellation Andromeda
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 52 m 16.8 s
declination + 36 ° 02 ′ 12 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0:  
Brightness  (visual) 14.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′
Surface brightness 13.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 262
WBL 54
LGG 37  
Redshift 0.015264 ± 0.000030  
Radial velocity 4576 ± 9 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(210 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(64.5 ± 4.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Bindon Stoney
Discovery date October 28, 1850
Catalog names
NGC  700 • PGC  6928 • CGCG  522-030 • 2MASX  J01521683 + 3602122 • GALEX ASC J015216.86 + 360212.5 • HOLM 49E •

NGC 700 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 210 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light-years across. The galaxy is considered a member of the Abell 262 galaxy group .
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 703 , NGC 704 , NGC 705 , NGC 710 .

The object was discovered by Bindon Blood Stoney on October 28, 1850 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 700  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : NGC 700
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman