NGC 852
| Galaxy NGC 852 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 08 m 55.4 s |
| declination | -56 ° 44 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 74 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021411 +/- 0.000025 |
| Radial velocity | 6419 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(281 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.2 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 27, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 852 • PGC 8195 • ESO 153-026 • IRAS F02072-5658 • 2MASX J02085544-5644132 • SGC 20716-5658.4 • LEDA 8195 | |
NGC 852 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Eridan in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 281 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on October 27, 1834 .
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