NGC 861

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NGC 861
NGC 861 PanS.jpg
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 861
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Triangulum
Right ascension 02h 15m 51.146s [1]
Declination +35° 54′ 48.89″ [1]
Redshift 0.027249 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 8058 km/s [2]
Distance 360.7  Mly (110.59  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14.8 [2]
Characteristics
Type Sb [2]
Other designations
UGC 1737, MCG +06-06-003, PGC 8652 [2]

NGC 861 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Triangulum. It is estimated to be 360 million light-years from the Milky Way [3] and has a diameter of approximately 165,000 light-years. The object was discovered on September 18, 1865 by Heinrich d'Arrest. [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 5 "NGC 861". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. 1 2 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. ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 861 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  6. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 861". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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