Astronomy:NGC 862
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Short description: Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Phoenix
| NGC 862 | |
|---|---|
 legacy survey image of NGC 862 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Phoenix |
| Right ascension | 02h 13m 02.98434s[1] |
| Declination | −42° 02′ 00.6071″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.017659[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 5247 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 236.7 Mly (72.57 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.86[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2007ApJ...655..790C.
- ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 862 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC862.
- ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=ngc+862&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 862". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC862.
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