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galaxy

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 852” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.