NGC 815
| Galaxy NGC 815 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 10 m 39.4 s |
| declination | -15 ° 48 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C? + C? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | ? |
| Radial velocity | ? km / s |
| distance | ? pc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 815 • PGC 906183 • | |
NGC 815 is a pair of galaxies in the constellation Whale in the New General Catalog . The galaxy pair was by astronomer Ormond Stone use in 1886 of a 26-inch - telescope discovered.
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