NGC 860 is an elliptical galaxy[2] located in the constellation Triangulum. It is about 410 million light-years from the Milky Way.[3] It was discovered by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 18 September 1871.[4][5]
| NGC 860 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 860 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Triangulum |
| Right ascension | 02h 15m 00.169s[1] |
| Declination | +30° 46′ 43.44″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.02943[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 8693 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 413.5 ± 29.0 Mly (126.77 ± 8.89 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.1[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[2] |
| Other designations | |
| IRAS F02121+3033, PGC 8606, CGCG 504-037[2] | |
See also
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edit- ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- ^ a b c d e f "NGC 860". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ a b "Results for object NGC 0860 (NGC 860)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 860 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
- ^ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 860 - Elliptical Galaxy in Triangulum Constellation". Telescopius. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
External links
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