NGC 853
| Galaxy NGC 853 |
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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 41.2 s |
| declination | -09 ° 18 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sm / pec? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 69 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005107 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 1531 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(68 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 28, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 853 • PGC 8397 • MCG -02-06-038 • IRAS 02092-0932 • KUG 0209-095 • 2MASX J02114148-0918163 • GC 504 • H II 486 • HIPASS J0211-09, LDCE 0149 NED002 | |
NGC 853 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sm in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 57 million light years from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of about 32,000 ly.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on November 28, 1785 .