NGC 682
Galaxy in the constellation Cetus
NGC 682 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5,338 ± 26 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 78.7 ± 5.5 Mpc (~257 million light-years). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 30 December 1785.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 682: SN 2023xtg (Type Ia, mag. 18.1) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 14 November 2023.
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- NGC 682 PanS.jpg by Donald Pelletier, CC BY-SA 4.0
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