NGC 824

NGC 824
DECam image of NGC 824
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Fornax
Right ascension	02h 06m 53.25064s [1]
Declination	−36° 27′ 11.4880″ [1]
Redshift	0.01931 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5733 km/s [2]
Distance	257.5  Mly (78.94  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)	14.14 [2]
Characteristics
Type	SB(r)bc [4]
Other designations
MCG -06-05-028, PGC 8068 [2]

NGC 824 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Fornax about 260 million light-years from the Milky Way. ^[3] It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1837. ^{[5] [6]}

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. 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. "NGC 824". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-05-24.
3. Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv: astro-ph/0610732 . Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID   11672751.
4. "Results for object NGC 0824 (NGC 824)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 824". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
6. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 824 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.