NGC 640

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NGC 640

Summary

NGC 640 is a Seyfert 2 galaxy[1]. NGC 640 has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 640 is credited with the discovery of Francis Preserved Leavenworth[3].
  • NGC 640's image is recorded as NGC 0640 SDSS.jpg[4].
  • NGC 640's instance of is recorded as Seyfert 2 galaxy[5].
  • NGC 640's instance of is recorded as spiral galaxy[6].
  • NGC 640's constellation is recorded as Cetus[7].
  • NGC 640's galaxy morphological type is recorded as Sa[8].
  • NGC 640's Commons category is recorded as NGC 640[9].
  • NGC 640's catalog code is recorded as NGC 640[10].
  • NGC 640's catalog code is recorded as PGC 6130[11].
  • NGC 640's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J01392485-0924042[12].
  • NGC 640's catalog code is recorded as 6dFGS gJ013924.9-092404[13].
  • NGC 640's catalog code is recorded as GSC 05277-00051[14].
  • NGC 640's catalog code is recorded as IRAS F01368-0939[15].
  • NGC 640's catalog code is recorded as MCG-02-05-031[16].
  • NGC 640's catalog code is recorded as SDSS J013924.88-092404.2[17].
  • NGC 640's catalog code is recorded as CAIRNS J013924.84-092404.0[18].
  • NGC 640's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 6130[19].
  • NGC 640's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 2464803635784757888[20].
  • NGC 640's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1886-00-00T00:00:00Z[21].
  • NGC 640's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.024991'}[22].
  • NGC 640's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.02502'}[23].
  • NGC 640's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15'}[24].
  • NGC 640's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15'}[25].
  • NGC 640's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.36'}[26].
  • NGC 640's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+18.7822'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 640 is credited with the discovery of Francis Preserved Leavenworth[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 640 has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . The ninth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first spectroscopic data from the SDSS-III baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . The 6dF Galaxy Survey: final redshift release (DR3) and southern large-scale structures. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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