NGC 605

NGC 605 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda, which is about 234 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered on October 21, 1881 by the French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan.[6][5]

NGC 605
NGC 605
Observation data
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	01^h 35^m 02.34063^s[1]
Declination	+41° 14′ 53.3204″[1]
Redshift	0.01705±0.00010[2]
Helio radial velocity	5,110.86±29.98[2]
Distance (comoving)	233.6 ± 16.4 Mly (71.63 ± 5.04 Mpc)[2]
Characteristics
Type	S0[3]
Apparent size (V)	0.827 × 0.496 arcmin[4]
Other designations
UGC 1128[5]

References

1. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
2. Huchra, John P.; et al. (April 1999). "The CFA Redshift Survey: Data for the South Galactic CAP". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 121 (2): 287–368. Bibcode:1999ApJS..121..287H. doi:10.1086/313194.
3. de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991). "Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies". 3.9. New York: Springer-Verlag. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. Skrutskie, M. F.; et al. (February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
5. "NGC 605". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
6. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 605 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2019-12-12.