Ngc 802

NGC 802
	legacy surveys image of NGC 802
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hydrus
Right ascension	01h 59m 05.96016s
Declination	−67° 52′ 12.1264″
Redshift	0.004954
Helio radial velocity	1481.5 km/s
Distance	68.0 ± 4.8 Mly (20.84 ± 1.46 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.17
Characteristics
Type	SAB0+(s) pec:
Other designations
	PGC 7505

Short description: Lenticular galaxy in the constrellation Hydrus

NGC 802 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Hydrus. It is about 68 million light-years from the Milky Way^[2] and has a diameter of about 20,000 light years. NGC 802 was discovered on November 2, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "NGC 802". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+802.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Results for object NGC 0802 (NGC 802)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC 802&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1.
↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 802 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC802.
↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+802&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 802". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC 802.

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[SIMBAD-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "NGC 802". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+802.

[NED-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Results for object NGC 0802 (NGC 802)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC 802&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1.

[3] Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 802 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC802.

[4] "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+802&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.

[5] "Revised NGC Data for NGC 802". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC 802.

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