NGC 811
Galaxy NGC 811 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 02 h 04 m 00.0 s |
declination | -09 ° 06 ′ 21 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Spiral |
Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 42 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.048909 +/- 0.000112 |
Radial velocity | 14663 +/- 34 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(656 ± 46) · 10 6 ly (201.0 ± 14.1) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
Discovery date | 1886 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 811 • PGC 7870 • KUG 0201-093 • 2MASX J02040000-0906214 • |
NGC 811 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in the constellation whale . It is around 656 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 110,000 light years.
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886 .