NGC 704

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NGC 704
NGC 704 PanS.jpg
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 704
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 01h 52m 37.8s [1]
Declination 36° 07′ 32″ [1]
Redshift 0.015778 [1]
Helio radial velocity 4730 km/s [1]
Distance 220  Mly (67  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster Abell 262
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.1 [1]
Characteristics
Type E/S0 [2]
Size~39,000  ly (12  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)0.1 x 0.6 [1]
Other designations
UGC 01343, PGC 006953, MCG +06-05-028 [1]

NGC 704 is a lenticular galaxy [3] [4] located 220 million light-years away [5] in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on September 21, 1786 [3] and is also a member of Abell 262. [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 704. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  2. ↑ "HyperLeda Database". Results for NGC 704. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  3. 1 2 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 700 - 749". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  4. ↑ "HyperLeda -object description". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  5. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  6. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  7. ↑ M., Garcia, A. (July 1993). "General study of group membership. II - Determination of nearby groups". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 100: 47. Bibcode:1993A&AS..100...47G. ISSN   0365-0138.
  8. ↑ Giuricin, Giuliano; Marinoni, Christian; Ceriani, Lorenzo; Pisani, Armando (2000). "Nearby Optical Galaxies: Selection of the Sample and Identification of Groups". The Astrophysical Journal. 543 (1): 178. arXiv: astro-ph/0001140 . Bibcode:2000ApJ...543..178G. doi:10.1086/317070. ISSN   0004-637X. S2CID   9618325.


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