NGC 862
NGC 862 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation of Phoenix about 241 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel in 1834.[4][5][6]
NGC 862 | |
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![]() DSS image of NGC 862 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Phoenix |
Right ascension | 02h 13m 02.98434s[1] |
Declination | −42° 02′ 00.6071″[1] |
Redshift | 0.017659[2] |
Helio radial velocity | 5247 km/s[2] |
Distance | 236.7 Mly (72.57 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.86[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E[2] |
Other designations | |
MCG-07-05-012, PGC 8487[2] |
See also
References
- Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
- "NGC 862". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- 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.
- Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 862 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- "Revised NGC Data for NGC 862". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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