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 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 01h 35m 02.34063s[1] |
Declination | +41° 14′ 53.3204″[1] |
Redshift | 0.01705±0.00010[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5,110.86±29.98[2] |
Distance | 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, PGC 5891[5] |
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