NGC 655 is a lenticular galaxy located 400 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Cetus.[3] It was discovered in a sky-survey by Ormond Stone on December 12, 1885.[4]
| NGC 655 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 655 from the legacy surveys | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 42m 52s[1] |
| 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 | |
On July 23, 2010, supernova SN 2010gp in NGC 655 was announced, reaching magnitude 15.5 on July 22. It was offset by 22″ west and 47″ south of the nucleus. Earlier, in 2000, the type II supernova SN 2000bg had also appeared in this galaxy.[5]
See also
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edit- ^ "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.; et al. (July 2010). Green, D. W. E. (ed.). "Supernova 2010gp in NGC 6240". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams. 2388: 1. Bibcode:2010CBET.2388....1M.
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