NGC 814
| Galaxy NGC 814 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 2 h 10 m 37.608 s |
| declination | -15 ° 46 ′ 25.02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 ^ 0 ^ / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.03 ′ × 0.41 ′ |
| Position angle | 4 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005390 +/- 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 1616 +/- 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(71 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (21.9 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | January 6, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 814 • PGC 8319 • MCG -03-06-010 • IRAS 02082-1600 • KUG 0208-160 • 2MASX J02103760-1546250 • GALEX ASC J021037.62-154624.2 | |
NGC 814 is a lenticular galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 71 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on January 6, 1886 by the American astronomer Ormond Stone .
Web links
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 814. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 25, 2016 .
- NGC 814. DSO Browser, accessed March 25, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c NGC 814. NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), accessed on March 25, 2016 (English).
- ↑ a b c d Hartmut Frommert: NGC 814. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, accessed on March 25, 2016 (English).
- ↑ a b NGC 814.SIMBAD database, accessed on March 25, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Courtney Seligman: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 800 - 849. Retrieved March 25, 2016 (English).