NGC 844
| Galaxy NGC 844 |
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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 14.2 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 02 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 11.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015090 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 4524 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(204 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.6 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | November 18, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 844 • PGC 8291 • CGCG 413-52 • GC 5225 • | |
NGC 844 is the name of a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Cetus the New General Catalog . The galaxy was by astronomer Albert Marth on November 8, 1863 using a 48-inch - telescope discovered.
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