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NGC 655

Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus

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NGC 655 is a lenticular galaxy located 400 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in a sky-survey by Ormond Stone on 12 December 1885.

01Supernovae

One supernova has been observed in NGC 655:

  • SN 2010ec (Type Ia, mag. 17.1) was discovered by the CHilean Automatic Supernova sEarch (CHASE) on 5 June 2010.
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List of NGC objects (1-1000)

This is a list of NGC objects 1-1000 from the New General Catalogue. The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies.