NGC 846
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barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
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Vinony's link graph records 983 inbound references to NGC 846, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), NGC 241 and NGC 945.
Vinony files it under Andromeda (constellation), Astronomical objects discovered in 1876 and Barred spiral galaxies.
Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 02 12 12.60
- Declination
- +44 ° 34 ′ 05.0 ″
- Redshift
- 0.017065 ± 2.60e-5
- Distance
- 235 Mly (72.26 M pc )
- Type
- SB(rs)ab
- Size
- 162,000 ly
- Apparent size v
- 1.95′ × 1.698′
- Notable features
- N/A
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Image
- NGC 0846 DSS.jpg
- Said to be same as
- NGC 847
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- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 846
- time of discovery or invention
- 1876-11-22
- radial velocity
- 5116
- catalog code
- LEDA 8430
- redshift
- 0.017072
- discoverer or inventor
- Édouard Stephan
- apparent magnitude
- 9.088
- galaxy morphological type
- SBb
- right ascension
- 33.0512625
- declination
- 44.5683361
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 846 (also known as NGC 847) is a barred spiral galaxy located around 235 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. NGC 846 was discovered on November 22nd, 1876 by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan, and it has a diameter of around 162,000 light-years. NGC 846 is not known to have much star-formation, and it is not known to have an active galactic nucleus.
Supernovae
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 846” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.