NGC 801

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NGC 801
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NGC 801
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 02h 03m 44.79408s [1]
Declination +38° 15′ 31.6246″ [1]
Redshift 0.019187±0.000090 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 5,772 [3]  km/s
Distance 174.4  Mly (53.46  Mpc) [3]
Characteristics
Type Sc [4]
Size189.2  kly (58.01  kpc) [4]
Apparent size  (V)1.280′ × 0.461′ [5]
Other designations
UGC 1550, MCG +06-05-079, PGC 7847 [6]

NGC 801 is a spiral galaxy with an active galaxy core [ citation needed ] 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. [7] [8]

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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 . 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.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "NGC 801". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  7. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 801". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  8. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
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