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Vinony's link graph records 952 inbound references to NGC 624, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and NGC 241.

It sits within the topics Barred spiral galaxies, Cetus and NGC objects.

Vinony links it to 32 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Redshift
z = 0.0197889857796969
Morphology
SB_a
Coordinates
RA 23.9628° · Dec -10.0030°
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Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
01 35 51.084
Declination
−10 ° 00 ′ 10.72 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
5873.9 km/s
Distance
273.8 Mly (83.95 Mpc )
Type
(R')SB(r)b pec

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Cetus
Distance from Earth
81.78
Image
NGC 0624 SDSS.jpg
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time of discovery or invention
1785-11-28
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
catalog code
LEDA 5932
redshift
0.019614
apparent magnitude
12.450
galaxy morphological type
2
Commons category
NGC 624
right ascension
23.9628500
declination
-10.0029790
radial velocity
5880
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 624 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, which is about 264 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered on November 28, 1785, by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 624” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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