NGC 677 | |
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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] |
Heliocentric 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]
NGC 677 | |
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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] |
Heliocentric 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]