NGC 630

NGC 630
NGC 630 (left) and ESO 297-8 (right) with DECam
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Sculptor
Right ascension	01h 35m 36.475s [1]
Declination	−39° 21′ 28.39″ [1]
Redshift	0.01976±0.00006 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5,923.90±18.89 [2]
Distance	275.2 ± 19.3  Mly (84.39 ± 5.92  Mpc) [2]
Characteristics
Type	SA0−(rs): [2]
Other designations
ESO 297-9, PGC 5924 [3]

NGC 630 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is estimated to be 275 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 125,000^{[ citation needed ]} light years. The object was discovered on October 23, 1835 by the English astronomer John Herschel. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

References

1. 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. de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991). "Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies". 3.9. New York: Springer-Verlag.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. "NGC 630". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-01-10.
4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 630 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
5. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 630". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.