NGC 836
| Galaxy NGC 836 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 10 m 24.9 s |
| declination | -22 ° 03 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SA (s) 0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 / 0.9 |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014587 ± 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | (4373 ± 35) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(194 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.4 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 836 • PGC 8304 • ESO 544-017 • MCG -04-06-012 • 2MASX J02102490-2203175 • SGC 020806-2217.4 • 2MASS J02102489-2203171 | |
NGC 836 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 194 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly. In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 837 , NGC 849 , NGC 858 .
The property was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886 .