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NGC 626
NGC 626, photographed with the DECam
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Sculptor
Right ascension	01h 35m 12s
Declination	-39° 08′ 45″
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.41
Surface brightness	14.13 mag/am2
Characteristics
Type	SAc
Other designations
PGC 5901, ESO 297-6, MCG -7-14-18

NGC 626 is a very large barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Sculptor.^[1] Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 5,475 ± 16 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 80.8 ± 5.7 Mpc (~264 million ly).^[2] NGC 626 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1834.^[3]

The luminosity class of NGC 626 is III and it has a broad HI^[4] line.

NGC 626 has a surface brightness equal to 14.13 mag/am2,^[5] which classifies NGC 626 as a low surface brightness galaxy (LSB).^[5] LSB galaxies are diffuse (D) galaxies with a surface brightness less than one magnitude lower than that of the ambient night sky.

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References

^ "NGC 626 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor | TheSkyLive.com". theskylive.com. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
^ "NED Search Results for NGC 626". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 600 - 649". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
^ "By Name | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
^ ^a ^b astrovalleyfield.ca https://astrovalleyfield.ca/AstronomieCompl/NGC%20et%20autres/WolfgangS/N0600_exc_web.htm. Retrieved 2024-04-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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Media related to NGC 626 at Wikimedia Commons

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Constellation of Sculptor

Stars

Bayer	α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ¹ κ² λ¹ λ² μ ξ π σ τ
Variable	R BW
HD	4113 4208 (Cocibolca) 9578
Other	Gliese 1 Gliese 42 HE 2359-2844 LTT 9779 TOI-178 WASP-8 WASP-45 WD 0137−349

Exoplanets	HD 4113 b HD 4208 b TOI-178c WASP-8b

Star clusters	Blanco 1 NGC 288

Galaxies

NGC	7 10 24 55 101 115 131 134 148 150 174 254 264 289 300 314 334 365 378 409 415 418 423 424 427 438 439 441 461 491 526 527 544 549 612 613 626 630 7793 7812
Other	2MASX J00482185−2507365 occulting pair A2744 YD4 Abell 2744 Y1 Cartwheel Galaxy Comet Galaxy ESO 540-030 H2356-309 Haro 11 IC 5332 Sculptor Galaxy Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy Sculptor Dwarf Irregular Galaxy UNCOVER-z12 UNCOVER-z13

Galaxy clusters	Abell 2667 Abell 2744

Astronomical events	SN 2009gj

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