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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
AG?
Redshift
z = 0.004954023092925697
Coordinates
RA 29.7748° · Dec -67.8700°
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Key facts

Constellation
Hydrus
Right ascension
01 59 05.96016
Declination
−67 ° 52 ′ 12.1264 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1481.5 km/s
Distance
68.0 ± 4.8 Mly (20.84 ± 1.46 Mpc )
Type
SAB0 (s) pec:

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 802 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Hydrus. It is about 68 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 20,000 light years. NGC 802 was discovered on November 2, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 802” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.