NGC 860

NGC 860
SDSS image of NGC 860
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTriangulum
Right ascension02h 15m 00.169s
Declination+30° 46′ 43.44″
Redshift0.02943
Heliocentric radial velocity8693 km/s
Distance413.5 ± 29.0 Mly (126.77 ± 8.89 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)15.1
Characteristics
TypeE
Other designations
IRAS F02121+3033, PGC 8606, CGCG 504-037

NGC 860 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Triangulum. It is about 410 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 18 September 1871.

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References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NGC 860". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. 1 2 "Results for object NGC 0860 (NGC 860)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 860 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  5. ↑ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 860 - Elliptical Galaxy in Triangulum Constellation". Telescopius. Retrieved 2020-03-18.