NGC 624
Galaxy in the constellation Cetus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Galaxy in the constellation Cetus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 624 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, which is about 264 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered on November 28, 1785, by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.[5][6][7]
NGC 624 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 01h 35m 51.084s[1] |
Declination | −10° 00′ 10.72″[1] |
Redshift | 0.019789[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5873.9 km/s[2] |
Distance | 273.8 Mly (83.95 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.2[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | (R')SB(r)b pec[4] |
Other designations | |
MCG -02-05-010, PGC 5932[2] |
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