NGC 801
| Galaxy NGC 801 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 2 h 3 m 44.8 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 15 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 3.1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019227 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 5764 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(264 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (80.8 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | September 20, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 801 • UGC 1550 • PGC 7847 • CGCG 522-106 • IRAS 02007 + 3801 • 2MASX J02034484 + 3815312 • | |
NGC 801 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type Sc in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 263 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 240,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 797 and IC 179 .
The object was discovered on September 20, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 801. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 22, 2016 (English).
- NGC 801. DSO Browser, accessed February 22, 2016 .