NGC 706
| Galaxy NGC 706 |
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| SDSS image from NGC 706 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 51 m 50.5 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 17 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 147 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016611 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 4980 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(225 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (69.1 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 30, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 706 • UGC 1334 • PGC 6897 • CGCG 412-037 • MCG + 01-05-40 • IRAS 01492 + 0602 • 2MASX J01515052 + 0617487 • GC 426 • H II 596 • h 161 • GALEX MSC J015150.59 + 061746.3 • LDCE 119 NED001 | |
NGC 706 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 225 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 676 and NGC 693 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2001ed was observed here.
The object was discovered on September 30, 1786 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 706 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 706. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed September 24, 2015 .