NGC 672

NGC 672 is a galaxy in the Triangulum constellation. It was discovered by William Herschel on 26 October 1786.[4]

NGC 672
NGC 672, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTriangulum
Right ascension 01h 47m 54.523s[1]
Declination+27° 25′ 58.00″[1]
Redshift0.001431[2]
Helio radial velocity429[2]
Distance26.644 ± 4.155 Mly
(8.169 ± 1.274 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.47
Characteristics
TypeSB(s)cd
Apparent size (V)0.1076' x 0.0301'[3]
Other designations
NGC 672, UGC 1256, PGC 6595, MCG+04-05-011, VV 338, 2MASX J01475452+2725580, IRAS 01450+2710[3]

References
  1. Skrutskie, M. (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 6120". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database.
  3. "NGC 672". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  4. "William Herschel's Deep Sky Catalog". Messier.SEDS.org.
  • Media related to NGC 672 at Wikimedia Commons
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