NGC 878
| Galaxy NGC 878 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 17 m 54.2 s |
| declination | -23 ° 23 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 112 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.037796 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 11,331 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(504 ± 35) x 10 6 ly (154.6 ± 10.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 878 • PGC 8771 • ESO 478-022 • MCG -04-06-021 • IRAS 02156-2336 • 2MASX J02175426-2323025 • SGC 21537-2336.8 • GALEX ASC J021754.29-232303.0 | |
NGC 878 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 504 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 120,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 874 and NGC 892 .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .
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