NGC 623

NGC 623 is a large elliptical galaxy located in the Sculptor constellation at a distance of about 400 million light-years^[3] away from the Milky Way. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 30 November 1837.^[6][7][5][8]

NGC 623
legacy surveys image of NGC 623 (left) and NGC 619 (right)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Sculptor
Right ascension	01h 35m 06.388s[1]
Declination	−36° 29′ 24.80″[1]
Redshift	0.029871[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	8821 km/s[2]
Distance	396.1 Mly (121.43 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.32[4]
Characteristics
Type	E[4]/S0[2]
Size	246.49 kiloparsecs (804,000 light-years) (diameter; 27.0 B-mag arcsec−2)[5]
Other designations
ESO 353- G 023, MCG -06-04-052, PGC 5898[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)