NGC 834

NGC 801
NGC 834
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	02h 11m 01.277s [1]
Declination	+37° 39′ 59.00″ [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4,600 [2]
Distance	159.8  Mly (48.98  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (B)	13.2 [3]
Characteristics
Type	S? [4]
Apparent size  (V)	0.810′ × 0.454′ [1]
Other designations
UGC 1672, MCG +06-05-099, PGC 8352 [3]

NGC 834 is a spiral galaxy located in the Andromeda constellation. It is estimated to be 160 million light-years away from the Milky Way galaxy and has a diameter of about 65,000^{[ citation needed ]} light-years. The object was discovered on September 21, 1786 by the astronomer William Herschel. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. 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. 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.
3. "NGC 834". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-01-14.
4. 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. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 834". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
6. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 834 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2019-12-09.