NGC 855
| Galaxy NGC 855 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | triangle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 14 m 03.5 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 52 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | +0.001975 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | +575 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(31 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (9.55 ± 0.67) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 26, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 855 • UGC 1718 • PGC 8557 • CGCG 504-035 • MCG + 05-06-016 • IRAS 02111 + 2738 • KUG 0211 + 276 • 2MASX J02140361 + 2752378 • GC 506 • H II 613 • LDCE 0160 NED005 | |
NGC 855 is an elliptical galaxy in the Triangle constellation in the northern sky, an estimated 31 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on October 26, 1786 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 855 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
