NGC 852

NGC 852 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Eridanus constellation. It is estimated to be 281 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 110,000 light-years. NGC 852 was discovered on October 27, 1834 by John Herschel.[5][6]

NGC 852
NGC 852 imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Observation data
ConstellationEridanus
Right ascension 02h 08m 55.446s[1]
Declination−56° 44′ 13.29″[1]
Redshift0.021656[2]
Helio radial velocity6421.9[2]
Distance (comoving)0 ± 0 Mly (000 ± 00 Mpc)h−1
0.73
Characteristics
TypeSB(rs)bc:[3]
Apparent size (V)0.593′ × 0.546′[1]
Other designations
IRAS F02072-5658, LEDA 8195[4]

References
  1. Skrutskie, M. F.; et al. (February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. Meyer, M. J.; et al. (June 2004). "The HIPASS catalogue - I. Data presentation". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 350 (4): 1195–1209. arXiv:astro-ph/0406384. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.350.1195M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07710.x.
  3. de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991). "Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies". 3.9. New York: Springer-Verlag. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "NGC 852". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  5. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 852". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
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