NGC 996

NGC 996 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Andromeda. It is estimated to be 210 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 75,000 ly. It was discovered on December 7, 1871 by astronomer Édouard Stephan.^[4][5][6]

NGC 996
DSS image of NGC 996 (center)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	02h 38m 39.865s[1]
Declination	+41° 38′ 51.27″[1]
Redshift	0.015409[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4584 km/s[2]
Distance	203.3 Mly (62.34 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.5[2]
Characteristics
Type	E[2]
Other designations
UGC 2123, MCG +07-06-045, PGC 10015, CGCG 539-064[2]

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 996: SN 1996bq (type unknown, mag. 18.7) was discovered by Christian Pollas on 12 October 1996.^[7][8]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)