NGC 677

NGC 677
NGC 677
	SDSS image of NGC 677
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Aries
Right ascension	01h 49m 14.050s
Declination	+13° 03′ 19.28″
Redshift	0.01693
Helio radial velocity	5033 ± 3 km/s
Distance	221.6 Mly (67.95 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.27
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.26
Characteristics
Type	E
Apparent size (V)	2.0′ × 2.0′
Other designations
	UGC 1275, MCG +02-05-042, PGC 6673

Last updated August 13, 2023

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]

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