NGC 655
| NGC 655 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 655 from the legacy surveys | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 42m 52s |
| Declination | −12° 58′ 48″ |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 8721.8 ± 37 km/s |
| Distance | 400 Mly |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.0 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0, pec |
| Apparent size (V) | 84" x 54" |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 6262 | |
NGC 655 is a lenticular galaxy located 400 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in a sky-survey by Ormond Stone on 12 December 1885.
Supernovae
One supernova has been observed in NGC 655:
- SN 2010ec (Type Ia, mag. 17.1) was discovered by the CHilean Automatic Supernova sEarch (CHASE) on 5 June 2010.
See also
References
- ↑ "GitHub - mattiaverga/OpenNGC: A license friendly NGC/IC objects database". 19 May 2019 – via GitHub.
- ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 655 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org.
- ↑ "By Name - NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu.
- ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 650 - 699". cseligman.com.
- ↑ Maza, J.; Hamuy, M.; Antezana, R.; Gonzalez, L.; Silva, S.; Folatelli, G.; Cartier, R.; Forster, F.; Marchi, S.; Pignata, G.; Cifuentes, M.; Conuel, B.; Reichart, D.; Ivarsen, K.; Haislip, J.; Crain, A.; Foster, D.; Nysewander, M.; Lacluyze, A. (2010). "Supernova 2010ec in NGC 655". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (2322): 1. Bibcode:2010CBET.2322....1M.
- ↑ "SN 2010ec". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
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