NGC 824 | |
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DECam image of NGC 824 | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Fornax |
Right ascension | 02h 06m 53.25064s [1] |
Declination | −36° 27′ 11.4880″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.01931 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5733 km/s [2] |
Distance | 257.5 Mly (78.94 Mpc) [3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.14 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(r)bc [4] |
Other designations | |
MCG -06-05-028, PGC 8068 [2] |
NGC 824 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Fornax about 260 million light-years from the Milky Way. [3] It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1837. [5] [6]
NGC 824 | |
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DECam image of NGC 824 | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Fornax |
Right ascension | 02h 06m 53.25064s [1] |
Declination | −36° 27′ 11.4880″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.01931 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5733 km/s [2] |
Distance | 257.5 Mly (78.94 Mpc) [3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.14 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(r)bc [4] |
Other designations | |
MCG -06-05-028, PGC 8068 [2] |
NGC 824 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Fornax about 260 million light-years from the Milky Way. [3] It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1837. [5] [6]