Astronomy:NGC 676
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Pisces
| NGC 676 | |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 01h 48m 57.310s[1] |
| Declination | +5° 54′ 27.10″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.004983±0.000083[2] |
| Distance | 18.7 Mpc (61 Mly) [1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.5 +/- 0.4 [3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0/a: edge-on[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 4.0′ × 1.2′[1] |
NGC 676 is a lenticular[4] Seyfert 2 galaxy[3] about 18.7 Mly away in the constellation Pisces.[1] It can be seen near the star α Piscium.[4] Located close to the celestial equator, it is visible from both hemispheres.[4] BD +04 0244, a star with a visual magnitude of 10.44, is superposed 5.1 arc seconds south-southwest of the nucleus.[1] It is one of the 621 galaxies described in Marat Arakelian's catalog of high-surface-brightness galaxies.[5]
NGC 676 (SDSS)
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 676. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=Ngc%20676&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1.
- ↑ Paturel, G; Dubois, P; Petit, C; Woelfel, F (January 2002). "Comparison LEDA/SIMBAD". LEDA. Bibcode: 2002LEDA.........0P. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002LEDA.........0P. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "NGC 676". The Centre de Données Astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS). http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC%20676.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "NGC 676 - Lenticular Galaxy". https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ngc676-object.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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External links
- NGC 676 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
- Students for the Exploration and Development of Space - NGC 676
- Telescopius - NGC 676
- SkyMap.org - NGC 676
- NGC 676 on SIMBAD
Coordinates: 
01h 48m 57.310s, +05° 54′ 27.10″
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