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galaxy

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

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 665” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.