| NGC 600 | |
|---|---|
SDSS image of NGC 600 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 33m 05.3s |
| Declination | −07° 18′ 41″ |
| Redshift | 0.006144 ± 0.000003 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1842 km/s |
| Distance | 92.7 Mly (28.41 Mpc) |
| Group or cluster | [CHM2007] HDC 81, [T2015] nest 200207 |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.5±0.1 |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.1 |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | −15.69 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | (R')SB(rs)d |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -01-05-007, PGC 5777 | |
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NGC 600 is an emission-line galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by William Herschel on 10 September 1785. The galaxy has a diameter of 70,000 light-years. It is also approximately 90 million light-years from the Milky Way.
According to A.M. Garcia, NGC 600 belongs to LGG 27 or NGC 584 Group, which has 8 member galaxies, namely, NGC 586, NGC 584, NGC 596, NGC 615, NGC 636, MCG 1-4-44 and MCG 1-5-14.
