NGC 623
legacy surveys image of NGC 623 (left) and NGC 619 (right)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationSculptor
Right ascension01h 35m 06.388s[1]
Declination−36° 29 24.80[1]
Redshift0.029871[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity8821 km/s[2]
Distance396.1 Mly (121.43 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.32[4]
Characteristics
TypeE[4]/S0[2]
Size246.49 kiloparsecs (804,000 light-years)
(diameter; 27.0 B-mag arcsec−2)[5]
Other designations
MCG -06-04-052, PGC 5898[2]

NGC 623 is a large elliptical galaxy located in the Sculptor constellation at a distance of about 400 million light-years[3] away from the Milky Way. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1837.[6][7][5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 623". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  3. 1 2 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. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
  4. 1 2 "Search specification: NGC 623". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1accessdate=2020-05-19.
  5. 1 2 "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  6. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 623 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  7. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 623". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-04.


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