| NGC 679 | |
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 2MASS image of NGC 679. | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 01h 49m 43.8s[1] |
| Declination | 35° 47′ 08″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.016842[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5049 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 213 Mly (65.4 Mpc)[1] |
| Group orcluster | Abell 262 |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.33[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E,[2] S0^-[1] |
| Size | ~106,000 ly (32.4 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.1 x 2.1[1] |
| Other designations | |
| CGCG 522-15, MCG 6-5-12, PGC 6711, UGC 1283[1] | |
NGC 679 is anelliptical[3][4][5] or alenticular galaxy[6][4][5] located 210 millionlight-years away[6] in theconstellationAndromeda. The galaxy was discovered by astronomerWilliam Herschel on September 13, 1784[7] and is a member ofAbell 262.[8][9][10][11][12]
It is also aradio galaxy.[13]
NGC 679 hosts a nearly face-on disk of dust with a diameter of ~9,800 ly (3 kpc).[3]
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