NGC 803
| Galaxy NGC 803 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aries |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 03 m 44.7 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 01 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c: / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 8 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.007008 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 2101 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(98 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (29.9 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 803 • UGC 1554 • PGC 7849 • CGCG 461-038 • MCG + 03-06-28 • IRAS 02010 + 1547 • 2MASX J02034470 + 1601514 • GC 483 • H III 208 • h 190 • HIPASS J0203 + 16 | |
NGC 803 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Aries on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 98 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 786 , NGC 792 , IC 192 , IC 1774 .
The object was discovered on October 15, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 803 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 803. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 22, 2016 (English).
- NGC 803. DSO Browser, accessed March 22, 2016 .