NGC 630
NGC 630 (left) and ESO 297-8 (right) with DECam
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationSculptor
Right ascension01h 35m 36.475s[1]
Declination−39° 21 28.39[1]
Redshift0.01976±0.00006[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity5,923.90±18.89[2]
Distance275.2 ± 19.3 Mly (84.39 ± 5.92 Mpc)[2]
Characteristics
TypeSA0(rs):[2]
Other designations
ESO 297-9, PGC 5924[3]

NGC 630 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is estimated to be 275 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 125,000 light years. The object was discovered on October 23, 1835 by the English astronomer John Herschel.[4][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 4 de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991). "Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies". 3.9. New York: Springer-Verlag. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "NGC 630". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 630 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  5. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 630". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.


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