NGC 677 explained

Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Aries
Ra:	^[1]
H Radial V:	5033 ± 3 km/s
Z:	0.01693
Dist Ly:	^[2]
Type:	E^[3]
Appmag V:	12.27
Appmag B:	13.26
Size V:	2.0′ × 2.0′
Names:	^[4]

NGC 677 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Aries. It was discovered on September 25, 1886, by the astronomer Lewis A. Swift.^[5] It is located about 200 million light-years (70 megaparsecs) from Earth^[2] at the center of a rich galaxy cluster. It has a LINER nucleus.^[6]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

Notes and References

1. 10.1086/498708 . Skrutskie . Michael F. . Cutri . Roc M. . Stiening . Rae . Weinberg . Martin D. . Schneider . Stephen E. . Carpenter . John M. . Beichman . Charles A. . Capps . Richard W. . Chester . Thomas . Elias . Jonathan H. . Huchra . John P. . Liebert . James W. . Lonsdale . Carol J. . Monet . David G. . Price . Stephan . Seitzer . Patrick . Jarrett . Thomas H. . Kirkpatrick . J. Davy . Gizis . John E. . Howard . Elizabeth V. . Evans . Tracey E. . Fowler . John W. . Fullmer . Linda . Hurt . Robert L. . Light . Robert M. . Kopan . Eugene L. . Marsh . Kenneth A. . McCallon . Howard L. . Tam . Robert . Van Dyk . Schuyler D. . Wheelock . Sherry L. . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) . The Astronomical Journal . 1 February 2006 . 131 . 2 . 1163–1183 . 2006AJ....131.1163S . 18913331 . 0004-6256 . free .
2. Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey. Crook, Aidan C.. Huchra, John P.. Martimbeau, Nathalie. Masters, Karen L.. Jarrett, Tom. Macri, Lucas M.. The Astrophysical Journal. 655. 2. 790–813. 2007. 2007ApJ...655..790C. 10.1086/510201. astro-ph/0610732. 11672751 .
3. Web site: Search specification: NGC 677. HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. 2021-06-05.
4. NGC 677. 2021-06-05.
5. Web site: New General Catalogue objects: NGC 650 - 699. Seligman, Courtney. cseligman.com. 2021-06-05.
6. 10.1093/mnras/sty2030. 1807.11095. The Complete Local Volume Groups Sample - II. A study of the Central Radio Galaxies in the High–Richness Sub-sample . 2018 . Kolokythas . Konstantinos . o'Sullivan . Ewan . Raychaudhury . Somak . Giacintucci . Simona . Gitti . Myriam . Babul . Arif . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . free .