NGC 850
| Galaxy NGC 850 |
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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 11 m 13.6 s |
| declination | -01 ° 29 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) 0 + |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027232 +/- 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 8164 +/- 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(366 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (112.2 ± 7.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 6, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 850 • UGC 1679 • PGC 8369 • CGCG 387-053 • MCG + 00-06-049 • 2MASX J02111366-0129080 • GALEX ASC J021113.57-012907.4 • LDCE 147 NED002 | |
NGC 850 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 366 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter.
The object was on 6 January 1785 by the astronomer William Herschel using a 18.7-inch - telescope discovered.
Web links
Commons : NGC 850 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
