NGC 1803 | |
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1803 | |
Observation data ( J2000 [1] epoch) | |
Constellation | Pictor |
Right ascension | 05h 05m 26.50s [1] |
Declination | −49° 34′ 03.0″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.013686±0.000127 [1] |
Distance | 192 Mly (58.8 M pc) |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.6 |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(s)bc: [2] |
Size | 87,000 ly |
Apparent size (V) | 1.1 x 0.67 |
Other designations | |
APMBGC 203-035-024, 6dFGS gJ050526.6-493403, ESO 203-18, ESO-LV 203-0180, IRAS 05041-4938, IRAS F05041-4938, ISOSS J05054-4933, LEDA 16715, PSCz Q05041-4938, RR95 103a, SGC 050409-4938.0, [SDD95] 259a, [SLK2000] 26, [SLK2004] 473 [1] |
NGC 1803 is a barred spiral galaxy located around 192 million light-years away in the constellation Pictor. NGC 1803 was discovered in 1834 by John Herschel, and it is 87,000 light-years across. [3]
NGC 1803 | |
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1803 | |
Observation data ( J2000 [1] epoch) | |
Constellation | Pictor |
Right ascension | 05h 05m 26.50s [1] |
Declination | −49° 34′ 03.0″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.013686±0.000127 [1] |
Distance | 192 Mly (58.8 M pc) |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.6 |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(s)bc: [2] |
Size | 87,000 ly |
Apparent size (V) | 1.1 x 0.67 |
Other designations | |
APMBGC 203-035-024, 6dFGS gJ050526.6-493403, ESO 203-18, ESO-LV 203-0180, IRAS 05041-4938, IRAS F05041-4938, ISOSS J05054-4933, LEDA 16715, PSCz Q05041-4938, RR95 103a, SGC 050409-4938.0, [SDD95] 259a, [SLK2000] 26, [SLK2004] 473 [1] |
NGC 1803 is a barred spiral galaxy located around 192 million light-years away in the constellation Pictor. NGC 1803 was discovered in 1834 by John Herschel, and it is 87,000 light-years across. [3]