NGC 694
Spiral galaxy in the constellation Aries From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spiral galaxy in the constellation Aries From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 694 is a spiral galaxy approximately 136 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Aries.[3] It was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on December 2, 1861 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.[4]
| NGC 694 | |
|---|---|
NGC 694 (SDSS) | |
| Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Aries |
| Right ascension | 01h 50m 58.50s [1] |
| Declination | +21° 59′ 51.00″ [1] |
| Redshift | 0.009840 [1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 2950 ± 4 km/s [1] |
| Distance | 136 Mly |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.30 [2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.30 [2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0 [2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.6 x 0.4 [2] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1310, MCG +04-05-02, PGC 6816 | |
NGC 694 is a member of a small galaxy group known as the NGC 691 group, the main other members of which are NGC 680, NGC 691 and NGC 697.[5][6] IC 167 lies 5.5 arcminutes to the south-southeast.[4]
Supernova SN 2014bu was discovered in NGC 694 on June 17, 2014 by Berto Monard.[7]
SN 2014bu had magnitude about 15.5 and was located at RA 01h50m58.4s, DEC +22d00m00s, J2000.0.[1] It was classified as type II-P supernova.[7]
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