NGC 1803

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NGC 1803
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A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1803
Observation data (J2000 [1] epoch)
Constellation Pictor
Right ascension 05h 05m 26.50s [1]
Declination −49° 34 03.0 [1]
Redshift 0.013686±0.000127 [1]
Distance 192 Mly (58.8 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude  (V)12.6
Characteristics
Type SB(s)bc: [2]
Size87,000 ly
Apparent size  (V)1.1 x 0.67
Other designations
APMBGC 203-035-024, 6dFGS gJ050526.6-493403, ESO 203-18, ESO-LV 203-0180, IRAS 05041-4938, IRAS F05041-4938, ISOSS J05054-4933, LEDA 16715, PSCz Q05041-4938, RR95 103a, SGC 050409-4938.0, [SDD95] 259a, [SLK2000] 26, [SLK2004] 473 [1]

NGC 1803 is a barred spiral galaxy located around 192 million light-years away in the constellation Pictor. NGC 1803 was discovered in 1834 by John Herschel, and it is 87,000 light-years across. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "SIMBAD Astronomical Database - CDS (Strasbourg)". Results for NGC 1803. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  2. "Results for object NGC 1803 (NGC 1803)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  3. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1800 - 1849". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.