NGC 880

NGC 880 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 590 million light-years from the Milky Way.[3] It was discovered by the American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886.[5][6]

NGC 880
SDSS image of NGC 880
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension02h 18m 27.253s[1]
Declination−04° 12 19.44[1]
Redshift0.041656[2]
Helio radial velocity12228 km/s[2]
Distance586.9 ± 41.1 Mly (179.93 ± 12.61 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)15.11[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.61[2]
Characteristics
TypeS?[4]
Other designations
PGC 8805[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 880". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. "Results for object NGC 0880 (NGC 880)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. "Search specification: NGC 880". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  5. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 880 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  6. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 880 - Galaxy in Cetus Constellation". Telescopius. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  • Media related to NGC 880 at Wikimedia Commons


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