Astronomy:NGC 614

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NGC 614
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTriangulum
Right ascension 01h 35m 52.2s[1]
Declination+33° 40′ 55.1″[1]
Helio radial velocity5,059 km/s[2]
Distance222.6 Mly (68.26 Mpc)[2]
Characteristics
TypeSO[3]
Other designations
NGC 614, UGC 1140, MCG+05-04-075[4]

NGC 614 is a lenticular galaxy in the Triangulum constellation about 223 million light-years from the Milky Way. It is forming a pair with NGC 608. It was discovered on September 13, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940  Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Crook, Aidan C. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal 655 (2): 790. doi:10.1086/510201. Bibcode: 2007ApJ...655..790C. 
  3. ↑ Paturel, G. (December 2003). "HYPERLEDA. I. Identification and designation of galaxies". Astronomy and Astrophysics 412: 45–55. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031411. Bibcode: 2003A&A...412...45P. 
  4. ↑ "NGC 614". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+614. 
  5. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 600 - 649". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc6.htm#614.