NGC 801
NGC 801 is a spiral galaxy with an active galaxy core in the constellation Andromeda. It is estimated to be 174 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 174,400 light-years. The object was discovered on September 20, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift.[7][8]
| NGC 801 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 801 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 02h 03m 44.79408s[1] |
| Declination | +38° 15′ 31.6246″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.019187±0.000090[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5,772[3] km/s |
| Distance | 174.4 Mly (53.46 Mpc)[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sc[4] |
| Size | 189.2 kly (58.01 kpc)[4] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.280′ × 0.461′[5] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1550, MCG +06-05-079, PGC 7847[6] | |
References
- 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.
- Paturel, G.; et al. (2002). "Comparison LEDA/SIMBAD octobre 2002. Catalogue to be published in 2003". LEDA. Bibcode:2002LEDA.........0P.
- Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 50. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862.
- de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991). "Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies". 3.9. New York: Springer-Verlag.
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- "NGC 801". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- "Revised NGC Data for NGC 801". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
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