NGC 874
| Galaxy NGC 874 |
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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 16 m 01.1 s |
| declination | -23 ° 18 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 173 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.040351 ± 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | 12.097 ± 35 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(538 ± 38) · 10 6 ly (165.1 ± 11.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 874 • PGC 8663 • ESO 478-018 • MCG -04-06-019 • IRAS F02137-2332 • 2MASX J02160113-2318061 • SGC 021344-2332.2 • NVSS J021602-231812 | |
NGC 874 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 538 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 878 .
The property was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886 .