Key facts
- Constellation
- Triangulum
- Right ascension
- 02 15 51.146
- Declination
- +35 ° 54 ′ 48.89 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 8058 km/s
- Distance
- 360.7 Mly (110.59 Mpc )
- Type
- Sb
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Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Triangulum
- Distance from Earth
- 110.59
- Image
- NGC 0861 DSS.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
- time of discovery or invention
- 1865-09-18
- catalog code
- LEDA 8652
- redshift
- 0.027349
- apparent magnitude
- 10.469
- galaxy morphological type
- Sb
- right ascension
- 33.9631083
- declination
- 35.9135806
- radial velocity
- 8058
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 861
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 861 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Triangulum. It is estimated to be 360 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 165,000 light-years. The object was discovered on September 18, 1865 by Heinrich d'Arrest.
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