NGC 854
| Galaxy NGC 854 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 11 m 30.6 s |
| declination | -35 ° 50 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) c? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020748 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 6220 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(275 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (84.2 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 1, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 854 • PGC 8388 • ESO 354-G047 • MCG -06-05-038 • IRAS 02093-3604 • 2MASX J02113075-3550064 • SGC 020923-3604.3 • LDCE 142 NED003 | |
NGC 854 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 275 million light years from the Milky Way and about 145,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 1, 1834 .