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elliptical galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Sculptor
Right ascension
01 35 06.388
Declination
−36 ° 29 ′ 24.80 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
8821 km/s
Distance
396.1 Mly (121.43 Mpc )
Type
E /S0
Size
246.49 kiloparsecs (804,000 light-years ), (diameter; 27.0 B-mag arcsec )

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
121.43
Image
NGC 0623 DSS.jpg
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declination
-36.4902222
time of discovery or invention
1837-11-30
catalog code
APMBGC 353+034+090
redshift
0.029871
apparent magnitude
9.585
galaxy morphological type
S0
right ascension
23.7766167
radial velocity
8821
Commons category
NGC 623
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NGC 623 is a large elliptical galaxy located in the Sculptor constellation at a distance of about 400 million light-years away from the Milky Way. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 30 November 1837.

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