NGC 626

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

{{Infobox galaxy|image=NGC 626 DECam.jpg|name=NGC 626|epoch=J2000|sbrightness=14.13 mag/am2|appmag_b=13.41|ra=01h 35m 12s|dec=-39° 08{{prime}} 45{{pprime}}|type=SAc|names=PGC 5901, ESO 297-6, MCG -7-14-18|constellation name=Sculptor|caption=NGC 626, photographed with the DECam}}

NGC 626 is a very large barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Sculptor.{{Cite web |title=NGC 626 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor {{!}} TheSkyLive.com |url=https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ngc626-object |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=theskylive.com}} Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 5,475 ± 16 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 80.8 ± 5.7 Mpc (~264 million ly).{{Cite web |title=NED Search Results for NGC 626 |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=4375&objname=1&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1 |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}} NGC 626 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1834.{{Cite web |title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 600 - 649 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc6.htm#626 |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=cseligman.com}}

The luminosity class of NGC 626 is III and it has a broad HI{{Cite web |title=By Name {{!}} NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+626&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}} line.

NGC 626 has a surface brightness equal to 14.13 mag/am2,{{Cite web |url=https://astrovalleyfield.ca/AstronomieCompl/NGC%20et%20autres/WolfgangS/N0600_exc_web.htm |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=astrovalleyfield.ca}} which classifies NGC 626 as a low surface brightness galaxy (LSB). LSB galaxies are diffuse (D) galaxies with a surface brightness less than one magnitude lower than that of the ambient night sky.