Astronomy:NGC 862

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Short description: Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Phoenix
NGC 862
NGC 862 legacy dr10.jpg
legacy survey image of NGC 862
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPhoenix
Right ascension 02h 13m 02.98434s[1]
Declination−42° 02′ 00.6071″[1]
Redshift0.017659[2]
Helio radial velocity5247 km/s[2]
Distance236.7 Mly (72.57 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.86[2]
Characteristics
TypeE[2]
Other designations
MCG-07-05-012, PGC 8487[2]

NGC 862 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation of Phoenix about 241 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel in 1834.[4][5][6]

See also

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 2.4 "NGC 862". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+862. 
  3. 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. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 862 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC862. 
  5. "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=ngc+862&img_stamp=YES. 
  6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 862". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC862.