Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- AG?
- Redshift
- z = 0.021655580917898876
- Coordinates
- RA 32.2312° · Dec -56.7370°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Right ascension
- 02 08 55.446
- Declination
- −56 ° 44 ′ 13.29 ″
- Type
- SB(rs)bc:
- Apparent size v
- 0.593 ′ × 0.546′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Image
- NGC 0852 DSS.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1834-10-27
- catalog code
- APMBGC 153+036+101
- apparent magnitude
- 10.878
- redshift
- 0.021391
- galaxy morphological type
- Sc
- right ascension
- 32.2310250
- declination
- -56.7370250
- radial velocity
- 6421.9
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 852
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
References
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