Astronomy:NGC 824

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Fornax
NGC 824
NGC 824 DECam.jpg
DECam image of NGC 824
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationFornax
Right ascension 02h 06m 53.25064s[1]
Declination−36° 27′ 11.4880″[1]
Redshift0.01931[2]
Helio radial velocity5733 km/s[2]
Distance257.5 Mly (78.94 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.14[2]
Characteristics
TypeSB(r)bc[4]
Other designations
MCG-06-05-028, PGC 8068[2]

NGC 824 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Fornax about 260 million light-years from the Milky Way.[3] It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1837.[5][6]

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References

  1. 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. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 824". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+824. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal 655 (2): 790–813. doi:10.1086/510201. Bibcode2007ApJ...655..790C. 
  4. "Results for object NGC 0824 (NGC 824)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20824&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. 
  5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 824". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC824. 
  6. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 824 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC824.