Spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
NGC 874 |
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/NGC_874_DECam.jpg/290px-NGC_874_DECam.jpg) DECam image of NGC 874 |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) |
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Constellation | Cetus |
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Right ascension | 02h 16m 02.06183s[1] |
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Declination | −23° 18′ 21.7259″[1] |
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Heliocentric radial velocity | 12060[2] km/s |
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Distance | 571.5 ± 40.1 Mly (175.22 ± 12.28 Mpc)[3] |
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Characteristics |
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Type | Sab? pec[4] |
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Other designations |
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ESO 478-18, GSC 06433-01732, PGC 8663[5] |
NGC 874 is a spiral galaxy located in the Cetus constellation. It is estimated to be 572 million light-years away from the Milky Way galaxy and has a diameter of approximately 80,000 light-years. NGC 874 was discovered in 1886 by Frank Muller.[3][6]
References
- ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ Jones, D. Heath; et al. (October 2009), "The 6dF Galaxy Survey: final redshift release (DR3) and southern large-scale structures", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 399 (2): 683–698, arXiv:0903.5451, Bibcode:2009MNRAS.399..683J, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15338.x, S2CID 119223679
- ^ a b "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991). "Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies". 3.9. New York: Springer-Verlag.
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(help) - ^ "NGC 874". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 874". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
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