NGC 676 is a lenticular Seyfert 2 galaxy in the constellation Pisces. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1217 ± 20km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . In addition, two non redshift measurements give a distance of . The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 30 September 1786.
NGC 676 can be seen near the star α Piscium. Located close to the celestial equator, it is visible from both hemispheres. BD +04 0244, a star with a visual magnitude of 10.44, is superposed 5.1 arc seconds south-southwest of the nucleus. It is one of the 621 galaxies described in Marat Arakelian's catalog of high-surface-brightness galaxies.
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See also Spiral galaxy List of NGC objects (1–1000)
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Students for the Exploration and Development of Space - NGC 676 Telescopius - NGC 676 SkyMap.org - NGC 676 NGC 676 on SIMBAD