Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.018079
- Morphology
- SO
- Coordinates
- RA 26.2337° · Dec 10.4229°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 01 44 56.10
- Declination
- +10 ° 25 ′ 23 ″
- Redshift
- 0.018079±0.000103
- Distance
- 236 Mly (72.3 M pc )
- Type
- (R)S0^0
- Size
- 100,000 ly
- Apparent size v
- 1.8 x 1.0
- Notable features
- Small halo of gas visible at galactic center
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Distance from Earth
- 72.40
- Image
- NGC 0665 SDSS.jpg
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- epoch
- J2000.0
- time of discovery or invention
- 1786-11-22
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2573394427800875520
- redshift
- 0.018076
- apparent magnitude
- 8.875
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- Commons category
- NGC 665
- right ascension
- 26.23373655004830
- declination
- 10.42292303695010
- radial velocity
- 5371
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 665 is a lenticular galaxy 236 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. NGC 665 was discovered in 1786 by William Herschel, and is 100,000 light-years across. In the center of NGC 665, a small halo of dust and gas can be seen, indicating some small star-forming regions. NGC 665 is not known to have an active galactic nuclei, as seen in the SDSS image.
Nearby and satellite galaxies
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