NGC 800
Galaxy NGC 800 |
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Image taken with the Very Large Telescope instrument FORS. ( NGC 799 in the middle of the picture, above NGC 800) | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 02 h 02 m 11.8 s |
declination | -00 ° 07 ′ 50 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SA (rs) c: |
Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
Position angle | 10 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.019899 ± 0.000075 |
Radial velocity | 5966 ± 22 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(268 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (82.2 ± 5.8) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis Swift |
Discovery date | October 9, 1885 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 800 • UGC 1526 • PGC 7740 • CGCG 387-028 • MCG + 00-06-024 • IRAS 01596-0021 • KUG 0159-003 • 2MASX J02021183-0007495 • NSA 062408 • HOLM 54B • KPG 52A |
NGC 800 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is around 268 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 80,000 ly. Together with NGC 799 , it forms the gravitationally bound galaxy pair Holm 54 or KPG 52 .
The object was discovered on October 9, 1885 by the astronomer Lewis Swift with a 41 cm telescope.
Web links
Commons : NGC 800 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- ESO: The calm before the storm
- astronews.com: Picture of the day August 12, 2013