| NGC 1803 | |
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 A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1803 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pictor |
| Right ascension | 05 05 26.50 |
| Declination | −49° 34′ 03.0″ |
| Redshift | 0.013686±0.000127 |
| Distance | 192 Mly (58.8 Mpc) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.6 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)bc: |
| Size | 87,000 ly |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.1 x 0.67 |
| Other designations | |
| APMBGC 203-035-024, 6dFGS gJ050526.6-493403, ESO 203-18, ESO-LV 203-0180, IRAS 05041-4938, IRAS F05041-4938, ISOSS J05054-4933, LEDA 16715, PSCz Q05041-4938, RR95 103a, SGC 050409-4938.0, 259a, 26, 473 | |
NGC 1803 is a barred spiral galaxy located around 192 million light-years away in the constellation Pictor. NGC 1803 was discovered in 1834 by John Herschel, and it is 87,000 light-years across.
See also
References
- ^ "SIMBAD Astronomical Database - CDS (Strasbourg)". Results for NGC 1803. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- "Results for object NGC 1803 (NGC 1803)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1800 - 1849". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
External links
Media related to NGC 1803 at Wikimedia Commons- NGC 1803 on SIMBAD
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