NGC 606

NGC 606
SDSS image of NGC 606
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension01h 34m 50.14672s
Declination+21° 25′ 06.3712″
Redshift0.033253
Heliocentric radial velocity9803 km/s
Distance465.5 ± 32.6 Mly (142.72 ± 10.00 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)14.5
Characteristics
TypeSB(r)c
Other designations
UGC 1126, MCG +03-05-010, PGC 5874

NGC 606 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pisces about 470 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1881.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 606: SN 2016fmt (Type II, mag. 17.8) was discovered by the Italian Supernovae Search Project (ISSP) on 28 August 2016.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 1 2 3 "NGC 606". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Results for object NGC 0570 (NGC 570)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  4. ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 606 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  5. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 606". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  6. ↑ "SN 2016fmt". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  7. ↑ "AT 2016fmt". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 26 August 2024.