NGC 802
Appearance
NGC 802 | |
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![]() DSS image of NGC 802 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Hydrus |
Right ascension | 01h 59m 05.96016s |
Declination | −67° 52′ 12.1264″ |
Redshift | 0.004954[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1481.5 km/s[1] |
Distance | 68.0 ± 4.8 Mly (20.84 ± 1.46 Mpc)[2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.17[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB0+(s) pec:[2] |
Other designations | |
PGC 7505[1] |
NGC 802 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Hydrus. It is about 68 million light-years from the Milky Way[2] and has a diameter of about 20,000 light years. NGC 802 was discovered on November 2, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel.[3][4][5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "NGC 802". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ a b c "Results for object NGC 0802 (NGC 802)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 802 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 802". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.