NGC 814

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NGC 814
NGC 814 NGC 814 legacy dr10.jpg
legacy survey image of NGC 814 (top) and NGC 815 (bottom)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 02h 10m 37.60711s [1]
Declination −15° 46′ 25.2419″ [1]
Redshift 0.005405 [2]
Helio radial velocity 1616 km/s [2]
Distance 66.2 ± 4.9  Mly (20.30 ± 1.51  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14 [2]
Characteristics
Type SB00 pec: [3]
Other designations
MCG -03-06-010, PGC 8319 [2]

NGC 814 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be about 70 million light-years from the Milky Way [3] and has a diameter of approximately 30,000 ly. NGC 814 was discovered on January 6, 1886 by the American astronomer Ormond Stone. [4]

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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 "NGC 814". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. 1 2 3 "Results for object NGC 0814 (NGC 814)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  4. ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 814 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.


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