NGC 852
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| NGC 852 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 852 imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| Right ascension | 02h 08m 55.446s[1] |
| Declination | −56° 44′ 13.29″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.021656[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 6421.9[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(rs)bc:[3] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.593′ × 0.546′[1] |
| Other designations | |
| IRAS F02072-5658, LEDA 8195[4] | |
NGC 852 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Eridanus constellation. It is estimated to be 281 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 110,000 light-years. NGC 852 was discovered on October 27, 1834, by John Herschel.[5][6]
References
- ^ a b c Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- ^ a b Meyer, M. J.; et al. (June 2004). "The HIPASS catalogue - I. Data presentation". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 350 (4): 1195–1209. arXiv:astro-ph/0406384. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.350.1195M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07710.x. S2CID 10336076.
- ^ de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991). "Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies". 3.9. New York: Springer-Verlag.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "NGC 852". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 852". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
External links
Media related to NGC 852 at Wikimedia Commons
