NGC 813

NGC 813 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Hydrus. It is estimated to be 390 million light-years from the Milky Way[3] and has a diameter of approximately 140,000 ly. NGC 813 was discovered on November 24, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel.[4][5]

NGC 813
DSS image of NGC 813
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationHydrus
Right ascension 02h 01m 36.113s[1]
Declination−68° 26 20.99[1]
Redshift0.027219[2]
Helio radial velocity8049 km/s[2]
Distance386.5 ± 27.1 Mly (118.50 ± 8.30 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.84[2]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(r)0/a:[3]
Other designations
PGC 7692[2]

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 813". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. "Results for object NGC 0813 (NGC 813)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 813 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 813". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.


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