NGC 851
| Galaxy NGC 851 |
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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 12.2 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 46 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010377 +/- 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 3111 +/- 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(141 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (43.2 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward D. Swift |
| Discovery date | November 30, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 851 • UGC 1680 • PGC 8368 • CGCG 413-058 • MCG + 01-06-054 • IRAS 02086 + 0332 • KUG 0208 + 035 • 2MASX J02111207 + 0346469 • MK 588 • KCPG 59B | |
NGC 851 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 141 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 40,000 ly. Together with IC 211 , it probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
The object was on 30 November 1885 by the astronomer Edward D. Swift using a 16-inch - telescope discovered.
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