NGC 802

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NGC 802
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Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Hydrus
Right ascension 01h 59m 05.96016s
Declination −67° 52′ 12.1264″
Redshift 0.004954 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 1481.5 km/s [1]
Distance 68.0 ± 4.8  Mly (20.84 ± 1.46  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14.17 [1]
Characteristics
Type SAB0+(s) pec: [2]
Other designations
PGC 7505 [1]

NGC 802 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Hydrus. It is about 68 million light-years from the Milky Way [2] and has a diameter of about 20,000 light years. NGC 802 was discovered on November 2, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 802". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  2. 1 2 3 "Results for object NGC 0802 (NGC 802)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 802 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  4. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  5. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 802". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.


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