Astronomy:NGC 670

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Triangulum
NGC 670
NGC670 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 670
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTriangulum
Right ascension 01h 47m 24.846s[1]
Declination+27° 53′ 08.54″[1]
Redshift0.012429[2]
Helio radial velocity3703 km/s[2]
Distance162.8 Mly (49.92 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.72[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.53[2]
Characteristics
TypeS0[2]
Other designations
UGC 1250, MCG+05-05-012, PGC 6570[2]

NGC 670 is a lenticular galaxy located in the Triangulum constellation about 165 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1786.[4][5][6]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "NGC 670". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+670. 
  3. Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal 655 (2): 790–813. doi:10.1086/510201. Bibcode2007ApJ...655..790C. 
  4. "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=ngc+670&img_stamp=YES. 
  5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 670". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC670. 
  6. "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+670&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES#NR_Distances_0. 

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