NGC 600 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 01h 33m 05.3s[1] |
Declination | −07° 18′ 41″[1] |
Redshift | 0.006144 ± 0.000003[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1842 km/s[1] |
Distance | 92.7 Mly (28.41 Mpc)[1] |
Group or cluster | [CHM2007] HDC 81,[2] [T2015] nest 200207[3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.5±0.1 |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.1[4] |
Absolute magnitude (V) | −15.69 |
Characteristics | |
Type | (R')SB(rs)d |
Other designations | |
MCG -01-05-007, PGC 5777[4] | |
References: [5] |
NGC 600 is an emission-line galaxy[4] in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by William Herschel on 10 September 1785.[6] The galaxy has a diameter of 70,000 light-years. It is also approximately 90 million light-years from the Milky Way.[1]