NGC 880
NGC 880 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 590 million light-years from the Milky Way.[3] It was discovered by the American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886.[5][6]
| NGC 880 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 880 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 02h 18m 27.253s[1] |
| Declination | −04° 12′ 19.44″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.041656[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 12228 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 586.9 ± 41.1 Mly (179.93 ± 12.61 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.11[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.61[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S?[4] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 8805[2] | |
See also
References
- 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.
- "NGC 880". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- "Results for object NGC 0880 (NGC 880)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- "Search specification: NGC 880". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 880 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 880 - Galaxy in Cetus Constellation". Telescopius. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
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