Astronomy:NGC 801
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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
| NGC 801 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 801 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 02h 03m 44.79408s[1] |
| Declination | +38° 15′ 31.6246″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.019187±0.000090[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 5,772[3] km/s |
| Distance | 174.4 Mly (53.46 Mpc)[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sc[4] |
| Size | 189.2 kly (58.01 kpc)[4] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.280′ × 0.461′[5] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1550, MCG+06-05-079, PGC 7847[6] | |
NGC 801 is a spiral galaxy with an active galaxy core[citation needed] in the constellation Andromeda. It is estimated to be 174 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 174,400 light-years. The object was discovered on September 20, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift.[7][8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ Paturel, G. et al. (2002). "Comparison LEDA/SIMBAD octobre 2002. Catalogue to be published in 2003". LEDA. Bibcode: 2002LEDA.........0P.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tully, R. Brent et al. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal 152 (2): 50. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. Bibcode: 2016AJ....152...50T.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 de Vaucouleurs, G. et al. (1991). Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies. 3.9. New York: Springer-Verlag.
- ↑ Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ "NGC 801". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+801.
- ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 801". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC%20801.
- ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+801&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.
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