| NGC 874 | |
|---|---|
 DECam image of NGC 874 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 02h 16m 02.06183s[1] |
| Declination | −23° 18′ 21.7259″[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 12060[2] km/s |
| Distance | 571.5 ± 40.1 Mly (175.22 ± 12.28 Mpc)[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sab? pec[4] |
| Other designations | |
| ESO 478-18, GSC 06433-01732, PGC 8663[5] | |
NGC 874 is a spiral galaxy located in the Cetus constellation. It is estimated to be 572 million light-years away from the Milky Way galaxy and has a diameter of approximately 80,000 light-years. NGC 874 was discovered in 1886 by Frank Muller.[3][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ Jones, D. Heath; et al. (October 2009), "The 6dF Galaxy Survey: final redshift release (DR3) and southern large-scale structures", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 399 (2): 683–698, arXiv:0903.5451, Bibcode:2009MNRAS.399..683J, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15338.x, S2CID 119223679
- ^ a b "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991). "Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies". 3.9. New York: Springer-Verlag.
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- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 874". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
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