NGC 834
| Galaxy NGC 834 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 11 m 01.3 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 39 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 841 group LGG 51 |
| Redshift | 0.015321 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 4593 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(211 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (64.7 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 21, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 834 • UGC 1672 • PGC 8352 • CGCG 522-128 • MCG + 06-05-099 • IRAS 02080 + 3725 • KUG 0208 + 374 • 2MASX J02110127 + 3739590 • GC 496 • H III 567 • NVSS J021101 + 374000 • LDCE 148 NED003 | |
NGC 834 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Andromeda on the northern sky . It is an estimated 211 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 818 , NGC 828 , NGC 841 , NGC 845 .
The object was discovered on September 21, 1786 by the astronomer William Herschel .