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NGC 706
NGC 706 is a spiral galaxy located in the Pisces constellation about 230 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the German–British astronomer William Herschel in 1786.[4][5][6]
| NGC 706 | |
|---|---|
SDSS image of NGC 706 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 01h 51m 50.529s[1] |
| Declination | +06° 17′ 48.76″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.016615[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 4940 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 230 Mly (71 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.50[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.20[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sbc?[3] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1334, MCG +01-05-040, PGC 6897[2] | |
One supernova has been observed in NGC 706: SN 2001ed (type Ia, mag. 14.9).[7]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- ^ a b c "NGC 706". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ^ a b c d Gil de Paz, Armando; et al. (December 2007). "The GALEX Ultraviolet Atlas of Nearby Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 173 (2): 185–255. arXiv:astro-ph/0606440. Bibcode:2007ApJS..173..185G. doi:10.1086/516636. S2CID 119085482.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 706 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 706". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2001ed. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
External links edit
- Media related to NGC 706 at Wikimedia Commons