NGC 996

NGC 996 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Andromeda. It is estimated to be 210 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 75,000 ly. The supernova SN 1996bq occurred in this galaxy.[4] NGC 996 was discovered on December 7, 1871 by astronomer Édouard Stephan.[5][6][7]

NGC 996
DSS image of NGC 996 (center)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	02^h 38^m 39.865^s[1]
Declination	+41° 38′ 51.27″[1]
Redshift	0.015409[2]
Helio radial velocity	4584 km/s[2]
Distance	203.3 Mly (62.34 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.5[2]
Characteristics
Type	E[2]
Other designations
UGC 2123, MCG+07-06-045, PGC 10015[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

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 996". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
3. Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201.
4. "SN 1996bq". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
5. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 996 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 996". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
7. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-24.