NGC 811

NGC 811
SDSS image of NGC 811 (PGC 7870)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension02h 04m 00.01284s
Declination−09° 06′ 21.4094″
Redshift0.04884
Heliocentric radial velocity14285 km/s
Distance692.9 ± 48.5 Mly (212.44 ± 14.88 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)16.5
Characteristics
TypeE
Other designations
KUG 0201-093, PGC 7870

NGC 811 is an object in the New General Catalogue. It is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 700 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886. However, it is usually misidentified as a different object, the spiral galaxy PGC 7905.

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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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "LEDA 7870". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. 1 2 3 "Results for object KUG 0201-093 (PGC 7870)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  4. ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 811 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  5. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 811". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  6. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 800 - 849". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2020-05-24.