NGC 679

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

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 679

| image = 2MASS NGC 679.jpg

| upright = 1.15

|caption= 2MASS image of NGC 679.

| constellation name = Andromeda

| epoch = J2000

| type = E,{{cite web

| title=HyperLeda Database

| work=Results for NGC 679

| url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/

| access-date=2018-11-16}} S0^-

| ra = {{RA|01|49|43.8}}

| dec = {{DEC|35|47|08}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|65.4|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 679

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2018-11-16}}

| z = 0.016842

|h_radial_v = 5049 km/s

| group_cluster = Abell 262

| appmag_v = 13.33

| size_v = 2.1 x 2.1

|size=~{{convert|32.4|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)

| names = CGCG 522-15, MCG 6-5-12, PGC 6711, UGC 1283

}}

NGC 679 is an elliptical{{Cite journal|last1=Wegner|first1=G. A.|last2=Corsini|first2=E. M.|last3=Thomas|first3=J.|last4=Saglia|first4=R. P.|last5=Bender|first5=R.|last6=Pu|first6=S. B.|date=2012|title=Further Evidence for Large Central Mass-to-light Ratios in Early-type Galaxies: The Case of Ellipticals and Lenticulars in the A262 Cluster|url=http://stacks.iop.org/1538-3881/144/i=3/a=78|journal=The Astronomical Journal|language=en|volume=144|issue=3|pages=78|doi=10.1088/0004-6256/144/3/78|issn=1538-3881|bibcode=2012AJ....144...78W|arxiv=1206.5768|hdl=11577/2526313 |s2cid=118679035}}{{Cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%20679|title=HyperLeda -object description|website=leda.univ-lyon1.fr|access-date=2018-11-17}}{{Cite news|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+0679&QueryType=ned|title=NGC 0679|access-date=2018-11-17}} or a lenticular galaxy{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+679&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=2018-11-17}} located 210 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on September 13, 1784{{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc6a.htm#679|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 650 - 699|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-14}} and is a member of Abell 262.{{Cite journal|last1=P.|first1=Fouque|last2=E.|first2=Gourgoulhon|last3=P.|first3=Chamaraux|last4=G.|first4=Paturel|date=May 1992|title=Groups of galaxies within 80 Mpc. II - The catalogue of groups and group members|journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series|language=en|volume=93|pages=211|issn=0365-0138|bibcode=1992A&AS...93..211F}}{{Cite journal|last=M.|first=Garcia, A.|date=July 1993|title=General study of group membership. II - Determination of nearby groups|journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series|language=en|volume=100|pages=47|issn=0365-0138|bibcode=1993A&AS..100...47G}}{{Cite journal|last1=Giuricin|first1=Giuliano|last2=Marinoni|first2=Christian|last3=Ceriani|first3=Lorenzo|last4=Pisani|first4=Armando|date=November 2000|title=Nearby Optical Galaxies: Selection of the Sample and Identification of Groups|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?arXiv:astro-ph/0001140|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|language=en|volume=543|issue=1|pages=178–194|doi=10.1086/317070|issn=0004-637X|bibcode=2000ApJ...543..178G|arxiv=astro-ph/0001140|s2cid=9618325}}{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+0679|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-11-17}}{{Cite news|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+++679&NbIdent=query_hlinks&Coord=01+49+43.794+35+47+08.39&parents=5&submit=parents&siblings=164&hlinksdisplay=h_all|title=NGC 679|access-date=2018-11-20}}

It is also a radio galaxy.{{Cite journal|last1=G.|first1=Righetti|last2=G.|first2=Giovannini|last3=L.|first3=Feretti|date=April 1988|title=WSRT observations at 327 MHz of the cluster A262|journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series|language=en|volume=73|pages=173|issn=0365-0138|bibcode=1988A&AS...73..173R}}