NGC 656

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]

NGC 656
SDSS image of NGC 656
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension 01h 42m 27.229s[1]
Declination+26° 08′ 35.06″[1]
Redshift0.013129[2]
Helio radial velocity3910 km/s[2]
Distance174.8 Mly (53.60 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.50[2]
Characteristics
TypeSB0[2][3]
Other designations
UGC 1194, MCG+04-05-002, PGC 6293[2]

See also

References
  1. 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.
  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.
  • Media related to NGC 656 at Wikimedia Commons


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