Astronomy:NGC 706
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Pisces
| NGC 706 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 706 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 01h 51m 50.529s[1] |
| Declination | +06° 17′ 48.76″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.016615[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 4940 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 230 Mly (71 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.50[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.20[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sbc?[3] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1334, MCG+01-05-040, PGC 6897[2] | |
NGC 706 is a spiral galaxy located in the Pisces constellation about 230 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the German–British astronomer William Herschel in 1786.[4][5][6]
One supernova has been observed in NGC 706: SN 2001ed (type Ia, mag. 14.9).[7]
See also
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 706". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+706.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gil de Paz, Armando et al. (December 2007). "The GALEX Ultraviolet Atlas of Nearby Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 173 (2): 185–255. doi:10.1086/516636. Bibcode: 2007ApJS..173..185G.
- ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 706 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC706.
- ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=ngc+706&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 706". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC706.
- ↑ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2001ed. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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