NGC 656
| NGC 656 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 656 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 01h 42m 27.229s[1] |
| Declination | +26° 08′ 35.06″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.013129[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 3910 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 174.8 Mly (53.60 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.50[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB0[2][3] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1194, MCG +04-05-002, PGC 6293[2] | |
NGC 656 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the Pisces constellation about 175 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the Prussian astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest in 1865.[4][5][6]
See also
References
- ^ a b Skrutskie, M.; et al. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
- ^ a b c d e "NGC 656". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ^ a b "Results for object NGC 0656 (NGC 656)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 656". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 656 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
External links
Media related to NGC 656 at Wikimedia Commons
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