NGC 485

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NGC 485
NGC485 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS view of NGC 485
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 01h 21m 27.594s [1]
Declination +07° 01′ 05.01″ [1]
Redshift 0.007495 ± 0.000007 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity (2239 ± 2) km/s [2]
Distance 86 Mly [3]
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.2
Characteristics
Type Sa [2]
Apparent size  (V)1.7′ × 0.6′
Other designations
UGC 895, MCG +01-04-032, PGC 4921 [2]

NGC 485, also commonly referred to as PGC 4921 or GC 270, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. [4] It is located approximately 86 million light-years from Earth [3] and was discovered on January 8, 1828 by astronomer William Herschel. [5] It was later also observed by Heinrich d'Arrest and Herman Schultz. When NGC 485 was originally categorized in the New General Catalogue by John Louis Eil Dreyer in 1888, it was incorrectly described as a "considerably faint, pretty large, round, 8th magnitude star 3 1/2 arcmin to southwest". [6]

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NGC 485 (SDSS) NGC 0485 SDSS.jpg
NGC 485 (SDSS)

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 "NGC 485". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  3. 1 2 An object's distance from Earth can be determined using Hubble's law: v=Ho is Hubble's constant (70±5 (km/s)/Mpc). The relative uncertainty Δd/d divided by the distance is equal to the sum of the relative uncertainties of the velocity and v=Ho
  4. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 485". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
  5. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
  6. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 450 - 499". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-10-13.


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