NGC 804

NGC 804 is a lenticular galaxy located in the Triangulum constellation about 231 million light-years[3] from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis Swift in 1885. This galaxy was also observed by the French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan the December 24, 1897 and it has been added to the Index Catalogue under the symbol IC 1773.[4][5][6]

NGC 804
SDSS image of NGC 804
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTriangulum
Right ascension02h 04m 02.106s[1]
Declination+30° 49′ 58.13″[1]
Redshift0.017639[2]
Helio radial velocity5241 km/s[2]
Distance231.3 Mly (70.92 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.7[2]
Characteristics
TypeS0[2]
Other designations
IC 1773, UGC 1557, MCG+05-05-049, PGC 7873[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 804". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
  4. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 804". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  6. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 804 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  • Media related to NGC 804 at Wikimedia Commons


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