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

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)
• Heinrich d'Arrest

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. "NGC 656". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-05-20.
3. "Results for object NGC 0656 (NGC 656)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
4. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 656". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
6. 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