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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.02010244811620332
Coordinates
RA 23.9020° · Dec -39.3578°
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Key facts

Constellation
Sculptor
Right ascension
01 35 36.475
Declination
−39 ° 21 ′ 28.39 ″
Redshift
0.01976 ± 0.00006
Heliocentric radial velocity
5,923.90 ± 18.89
Distance
275.2 ± 19.3 Mly (84.39 ± 5.92 Mpc )
Type
SA0 (rs):

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 630” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.