NGC 848
| Galaxy NGC 848 |
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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 17.6 s |
| declination | -10 ° 19 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (s) ab / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 49 |
| Redshift | 0.013306 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | (3989 +/- 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(178 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (54.6 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | December 11, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 848 • PGC 8299 • MCG -02-06-036 • IRAS 02078-1033 • KUG 0207-105 • 2MASX J02101756-1019157 • HCG 16X • Mrk 1026 • LDCE 146 NED005 | |
NGC 848 is a barred spiral galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 178 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 833 , NGC 835 , NGC 838 , NGC 839 .
The object was discovered by Ormond Stone on December 11, 1885 .