NGC 606 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Pisces |
Right ascension | 01h 34m 50.14672s[1] |
Declination | +21° 25′ 06.3712″[1] |
Redshift | 0.033253[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 9803 km/s[2] |
Distance | 465.5 ± 32.6 Mly (142.72 ± 10.00 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.5[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(r)c[3] |
Other designations | |
UGC 1126, MCG +03-05-010, PGC 5874[3] |
NGC 606 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Pisces constellation about 470 million light-years[3] from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1881.[4][5]
SN 2016fmt, a type II supernova, occurred in NGC 606.[6]