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NGC 606 
Summary
NGC 606 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Pisces constellation about 470 million light-years[3] from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1881.[4][5]
| NGC 606 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 606 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 01h 34m 50.14672s[1] |
| Declination | +21° 25′ 06.3712″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.033253[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 9803 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 465.5 ± 32.6 Mly (142.72 ± 10.00 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.5[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(r)c[3] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1126, MCG +03-05-010, PGC 5874[3] | |
SN 2016fmt, a type II supernova, occurred in NGC 606.[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
- ^ a b c "NGC 606". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^ a b c d "Results for object NGC 0570 (NGC 570)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 606 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 606". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ^ "SN 2016fmt". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
External links edit
Media related to NGC 606 at Wikimedia Commons
