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NGC 830 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 02h 08m 58.67851s[1] |
Declination | −07° 46′ 00.4978″[1] |
Redshift | 0.01349[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 4017 km/s[2] |
Distance | 167.8 Mly (51.44 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.0[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB0−?[4] |
Other designations | |
MCG -01-06-050, Mrk 1020, PGC 8201[2] |
NGC 830 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be about 170 million light-years from the Milky Way[3] and has a diameter of approximately 70,000 light years.[5][6][7]