NGC 874

NGC 874
DECam image of NGC 874
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	02h 16m 02.06183s [1]
Declination	−23° 18′ 21.7259″ [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	12060 [2]  km/s
Distance	571.5 ± 40.1  Mly (175.22 ± 12.28  Mpc) [3]
Characteristics
Type	Sab? pec [4]
Other designations
ESO 478-18, GSC 06433-01732, PGC 8663 [5]

NGC 874 is a spiral galaxy located in the Cetus constellation. It is estimated to be 572 million light-years away from the Milky Way galaxy and has a diameter of approximately 80,000 light-years. NGC 874 was discovered in 1886 by Frank Muller. ^{[3] [6]}

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 . Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
2. Jones, D. Heath; et al. (October 2009), "The 6dF Galaxy Survey: final redshift release (DR3) and southern large-scale structures", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 399 (2): 683–698, arXiv: 0903.5451 , Bibcode:2009MNRAS.399..683J, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15338.x , S2CID   119223679
3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
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. "NGC 874". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-01-17.
6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 874". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-12-09.