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Spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
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NGC 834
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension02 11 01.277
Declination+37° 39′ 59.00″
Heliocentric radial velocity4,600
Distance159.8 Mly (48.98 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)13.2
Characteristics
TypeS?
Apparent size (V)0.810 × 0.454′
Other designations
UGC 1672, MCG +06-05-099, PGC 8352

NGC 834 is a spiral galaxy located in the Andromeda constellation. It is estimated to be 160 million light-years away from the Milky Way galaxy and has a diameter of about 65,000 light-years. The object was discovered on September 21, 1786 by the astronomer William Herschel.

References

  1. ^ Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. ^ Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 50. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862.
  3. ^ "NGC 834". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  4. de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991). "Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies". 3.9. New York: Springer-Verlag. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 834". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  6. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 834 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
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