NGC 608

NGC 608 is a lenticular galaxy^[2] in the constellation Triangulum. It is estimated to be about 230 million light-years from the Milky Way.^[3] It has a diameter of approximately 130,000 light-years. NGC 608 was discovered on November 22, 1827, by astronomer John Herschel.^[4][5][6]

NGC 608
SDSS image of NGC 608
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Triangulum
Right ascension	01h 35m 28.23015s[1]
Declination	+33° 39′ 24.2256″[1]
Redshift	0.016998[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5053 km/s[2]
Distance	226.9 Mly (69.57 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.0[2]
Characteristics
Type	S0[2]
Other designations
UGC 1135, MCG +05-04-073, PGC 5913[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
2. "NGC 608". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
3. Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 608 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
5. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 608". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-13.

External links

• Media related to NGC 608 at Wikimedia Commons