Astronomy:NGC 810

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Short description: Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus
NGC 810
NGC810 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 810
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension 02h 05m 28.563s[1]
Declination+13° 15′ 05.88″[1]
Redshift0.02592[2]
Helio radial velocity7670 km/s[2]
Distance355.7 ± 25.0 Mly (109.06 ± 7.66 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.4[2]
Characteristics
TypeE5[4]
Other designations
UGC 1583, MCG+02-06-026, PGC 7965[2]

NGC 810 is an unbarred[4] elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Cetus, approximately 360 million light-years from the Milky Way.[3] It was discovered by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1871.[5]

NGC 810 is currently in a merger event.[4] It is interacting with the galaxy SDSS J020529.28+131503.5.[6]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 810". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+810. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Results for object NGC 0810 (NGC 810)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20810&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 García-Benito, R.; Zibetti, S.; Sánchez, S. F.; Husemann, B.; De Amorim, A. L.; Castillo-Morales, A.; Cid Fernandes, R.; Ellis, S. C. et al. (2015). "CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey. III. Second public data release". Astronomy and Astrophysics 576: A135. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425080. Bibcode2015A&A...576A.135G. 
  5. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 810 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC810. 
  6. "SDSS J020529.28+131503.5". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=SDSS+J020529.28%2B131503.5.