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Galaxy in Constellation of Aries From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 677 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Aries. It was discovered on September 25, 1886, by the astronomer Lewis A. Swift.[5] It is located about 200 million light-years (70 megaparsecs) from Earth[3] at the center of a rich galaxy cluster.[6] It has a LINER nucleus.[6]
NGC 677 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Aries |
Right ascension | 01h 49m 14.050s[1] |
Declination | +13° 03′ 19.28″[1] |
Redshift | 0.01693[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5033 ± 3 km/s[2] |
Distance | 221.6 Mly (67.95 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.27[4] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.26[4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E[4] |
Apparent size (V) | 2.0′ × 2.0′[5] |
Other designations | |
UGC 1275, MCG +02-05-042, PGC 6673[2] |
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