NGC 801

NGC 801
NGC 801
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension02h 03m 44.79408s
Declination+38° 15′ 31.6246″
Redshift0.019187±0.000090
Heliocentric radial velocity5,772 km/s
Distance174.4 Mly (53.46 Mpc)
Characteristics
TypeSc
Size189.2 kly (58.01 kpc)
Apparent size (V)1.280′ × 0.461′
Other designations
NGC 801, UGC 1550, MCG +06-05-079, PGC 7847

NGC 801 is a spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus in the constellation Andromeda. It is estimated to be 174 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 174,400 light-years. The object was discovered on September 20, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift.

References

  1. 1 2 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ↑ Paturel, G.; et al. (2002). "Comparison LEDA/SIMBAD octobre 2002. Catalogue to be published in 2003". LEDA. Bibcode:2002LEDA.........0P.
  3. 1 2 Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 50. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862.
  4. 1 2 de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991). Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies. 3.9. New York: Springer-Verlag.
  5. ↑ Skrutskie, Michael F.; et al. (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.
  6. ↑ "NGC 801". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  7. ↑ Asmus, D.; et al. (2020). "Local AGN survey (LASr): I. Galaxy sample, infrared colour selection, and predictions for AGN within 100 MPC". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 494 (2): 1784. arXiv:2003.05959. Bibcode:2020MNRAS.494.1784A. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa766.
  8. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 801". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  9. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-12.