NGC 655 explained
| NGC 655 |
| Epoch: | J2000 |
| Ra: | [1] |
| Constellation Name: | Cetus |
| H Radial V: | 8721.8 +/- 37 km/s |
| Dist Ly: | 400 Mly |
| Type: | S0, pec |
| Size V: | 84" x 54" |
| Appmag B: | 14.0 |
| Names: | PGC 6262 |
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]
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
Notes and References
- Web site: GitHub - mattiaverga/OpenNGC: A license friendly NGC/IC objects database.. 19 May 2019. GitHub.
- Web site: The galaxy NGC 655 - In-The-Sky.org. Dominic. Ford. in-the-sky.org.
- Web site: By Name - NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. ned.ipac.caltech.edu.
- Web site: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 650 - 699. cseligman.com.
- Supernova 2010gp in NGC 6240 . 1 . 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. . Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams . 2388 . 1 . July 2010 . Green . D. W. E. . 2010CBET.2388....1M .
