NGC 821

NGC 821 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be about 80 million light-years from the Milky Way[3] and has a diameter of approximately 55,000 light years. NGC 821 was discovered on September 4, 1786 by astronomer Wilhelm Herschel.[4][5][6]

NGC 821
DSS image of NGC 821
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAries
Right ascension02h 08m 21.150s[1]
Declination+10° 59 41.53[1]
Redshift0.005814[2]
Helio radial velocity1738 km/s[2]
Distance75.8 Mly (23.23 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.31[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.21[2]
Characteristics
TypeE6[2]
Other designations
UGC 1631, MCG+02-06-034, PGC 8160[2]

See also

References

  1. Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. "NGC 821". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50.
  4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 821 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 821". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  6. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  • Media related to NGC 821 at Wikimedia Commons


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