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NGC 802
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Short description: Lenticular galaxy in the constrellation Hydrus
| 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[1] |
| Helio radial velocity | 1481.5 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 68.0 ± 4.8 Mly (20.84 ± 1.46 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.17[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB0+(s) pec:[2] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 7505[1] | |
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]
See also
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%20802&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%20802.
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