NGC 624

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

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 624

| image = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 624

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Cetus

| ra = {{RA|01|35|51.084}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}

| dec = {{DEC|-10|00|10.72}}

| z = 0.019789{{cite simbad|title=NGC 624|access-date=2020-05-19}}

| h_radial_v = 5873.9 km/s

| dist_ly = {{cvt|83.95|Mpc|Mly|order=flip|lk=on}}{{cite journal|bibcode=2016AJ....152...50T|doi=10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50|arxiv=1605.01765|title=Cosmicflows-3|author1=Tully, R. Brent|author2=Courtois, Hélène M.|author3=Sorce, Jenny G.|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=152|issue=2|id=50|pages=21|date=2016|s2cid=250737862 |doi-access=free }}

| group_cluster =

| type = (R')SB(r)b pec{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20624&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 0624 (NGC 624)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|access-date=2020-05-19}}

| size =

| appmag_v =

| appmag_b = 14.2

| absmag_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|MCG=-02-05-010|PGC=5932}}

}}

NGC 624 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, which is about 264 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered on November 28, 1785, by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.{{Cite web|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=681|title=The galaxy NGC 624 - In-The-Sky.org|last=Ford|first=Dominic|website=in-the-sky.org|language=en|access-date=2020-04-04}}{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC%20624|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 624|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2020-04-04}}{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+624&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2020-04-04}}