NGC 810

NGC 810 is an unbarred[4] elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Cetus, approximately 360 million light-years from the Milky Way.[3] It was discovered by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1871.[5]

NGC 810
SDSS image of NGC 810
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension 02h 05m 28.563s[1]
Declination+13° 15′ 05.88″[1]
Redshift0.02592[2]
Helio radial velocity7670 km/s[2]
Distance355.7 ± 25.0 Mly (109.06 ± 7.66 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.4[2]
Characteristics
TypeE5[4]
Other designations
UGC 1583, MCG+02-06-026, PGC 7965[2]

NGC 810 is currently in a merger event.[4] It is interacting with the galaxy SDSS J020529.28+131503.5.[6]

See also

References
  1. Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. "NGC 810". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. "Results for object NGC 0810 (NGC 810)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  4. García-Benito, R.; Zibetti, S.; Sánchez, S. F.; Husemann, B.; De Amorim, A. L.; Castillo-Morales, A.; Cid Fernandes, R.; Ellis, S. C.; Falcón-Barroso, J.; Galbany, L.; Gil De Paz, A.; González Delgado, R. M.; Lacerda, E. A. D.; López-Fernandez, R.; De Lorenzo-Cáceres, A.; Lyubenova, M.; Marino, R. A.; Mast, D.; Mendoza, M. A.; Pérez, E.; Vale Asari, N.; Aguerri, J. A. L.; Ascasibar, Y.; Bekeraitė, S.; Bland-Hawthorn, J.; Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K.; Bomans, D. J.; Cano-Díaz, M.; Catalán-Torrecilla, C.; et al. (2015). "CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey. III. Second public data release". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 576: A135. arXiv:1409.8302. Bibcode:2015A&A...576A.135G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425080.
  5. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 810 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  6. "SDSS J020529.28+131503.5". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.



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