NGC 837
| Galaxy NGC 837 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 02 h 10 m 16.2 s |
| declination | -22 ° 25 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 12 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018613 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5580 ± 10 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(248 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.9 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Preserved Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 837 • PGC 8297 • ESO 478-010 • MCG -04-06-011 • IRAS 02079-2239 • 2MASX J02101624-2225535 • SGC 020757-2239.9 • AM 0207-224 | |
NGC 837 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 248 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 light years
. a. the galaxies NGC 836 , NGC 849 , NGC 858 .
The object was discovered in 1886 by the astronomer Francis Leavenworth .