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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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NGC 684

NGC 684 is a spiral galaxy approximately 135 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Triangulum. It was discovered by William Herschel on October 26, 1786. Edward Swift, Lewis' son, found this galaxy again on 18 Jan 1890 while "searching for Swift's Comet." and it was reported as a new object in list IX-6.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 684: SN 2021ass (type II, mag. 18.1).

NGC 684 (SDSS)

See also

References

  1. ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 684". spider.seds.org. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  3. ^ "Data for NGC 684". www.astronomy-mall.com. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  4. ^ "SN 2021ass". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 4 September 2024.