NGC 606

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Pisces}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 606

| image = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 606

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Pisces

| ra = {{RA|01|34|50.14672}}{{cite DR2}}

| dec = {{DEC|+21|25|06.3712}}

| z = 0.033253{{cite simbad|title=NGC 606|access-date=2020-05-16}}

| h_radial_v = 9803 km/s

| dist_ly = {{cvt|142.72|±|10.00|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster =

| type = SB(r)c{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20570&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 0570 (NGC 570)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|access-date=2020-05-16}}

| size =

| appmag_v =

| appmag_b = 14.5

| absmag_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|UGC=1126|MCG=+03-05-010|PGC=5874}}

}}

NGC 606 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Pisces constellation about 470 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1881.{{Cite web|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC606|title=The galaxy NGC 606 - In-The-Sky.org|last=Ford|first=Dominic|website=in-the-sky.org|language=en|access-date=2020-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC606|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 606|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2020-04-09}}

One supernova has been observed in NGC 606: SN 2016fmt (type II, mag. 17.8).{{cite simbad|title= SN 2016fmt|access-date=2020-05-16}}{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=AT{{nbsp}}2016fmt | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016fmt | publisher = IAU | access-date=26 August 2024}}