NGC 840 | |
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SDSS image of NGC 840 | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 02h 10m 16.21932s [1] |
Declination | +07° 50′ 43.4000″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.024143 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 7151 km/s [2] |
Distance | 303.0 Mly (92.90 Mpc) [3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.42 [4] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.30 [4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(r)b [5] |
Other designations | |
UGC 1664, MCG +01-06-049, PGC 8293 [2] |
NGC 840 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic. It is estimated to be about 300 million light-years from the Milky Way [3] and has a diameter of approximately 175,000 ly. [6] [7] [8]
NGC 840 | |
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SDSS image of NGC 840 | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 02h 10m 16.21932s [1] |
Declination | +07° 50′ 43.4000″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.024143 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 7151 km/s [2] |
Distance | 303.0 Mly (92.90 Mpc) [3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.42 [4] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.30 [4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(r)b [5] |
Other designations | |
UGC 1664, MCG +01-06-049, PGC 8293 [2] |
NGC 840 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic. It is estimated to be about 300 million light-years from the Milky Way [3] and has a diameter of approximately 175,000 ly. [6] [7] [8]