NGC 686

Summary

NGC 686 is a low-surface-brightness galaxy^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 686 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 686's image is recorded as NGC 0686 DSS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 686's instance of is recorded as low-surface-brightness galaxy^[5].
• NGC 686's instance of is recorded as lenticular galaxy^[6].
• NGC 686's constellation is recorded as Fornax^[7].
• NGC 686's galaxy morphological type is recorded as E-S0^[8].
• NGC 686's galaxy morphological type is recorded as S0^[9].
• NGC 686's Commons category is recorded as NGC 686^[10].
• NGC 686's catalog code is recorded as NGC 686^[11].
• NGC 686's catalog code is recorded as ESO 477-6^[12].
• NGC 686's catalog code is recorded as PGC 6655^[13].
• NGC 686's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J01485612-2347535^[14].
• NGC 686's catalog code is recorded as 6dFGS gJ014856.1-234753^[15].
• NGC 686's catalog code is recorded as ESO-LV 477-0060^[16].
• NGC 686's catalog code is recorded as GSC 06429-01466^[17].
• NGC 686's catalog code is recorded as MCG-04-05-008^[18].
• NGC 686's catalog code is recorded as SGC 014636-2402.8^[19].
• NGC 686's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 6655^[20].
• NGC 686's catalog code is recorded as APMBGC 477+043-056^[21].
• NGC 686's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 5038325843157192192^[22].
• NGC 686's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1785-10-26T00:00:00Z^[23].
• NGC 686's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.015487'}^[24].
• NGC 686's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.015487'}^[25].
• NGC 686's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.4'}^[26].
• NGC 686's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.37'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 686 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 686 has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]