Astronomy:NGC 677
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Short description: Galaxy in Constellation of Aries
Coordinates: 
01h 49m 14.050s, +13° 03′ 19.28″
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 SDSS image of NGC 677 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Aries |
| Right ascension | 01h 49m 14.050s[1] |
| Declination | +13° 03′ 19.28″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.01693[2] |
| Helio 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] | |
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]
References
- ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 677". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+677.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. Bibcode: 2007ApJ...655..790C.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Search specification: NGC 677". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%20677. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 650 - 699". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc6a.htm#677. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kolokythas, Konstantinos; o'Sullivan, Ewan; Raychaudhury, Somak; Giacintucci, Simona; Gitti, Myriam; Babul, Arif (2018). "The Complete Local Volume Groups Sample - II. A study of the Central Radio Galaxies in the High–Richness Sub-sample". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2030.
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