NGC 802

NGC 802 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Hydrus. It is about 68 million light-years from the Milky Way^[2] and has a diameter of about 20,000 light years. NGC 802 was discovered on November 2, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel.^[3][4][5]

NGC 802
legacy surveys image of NGC 802
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hydrus
Right ascension	01h 59m 05.96016s
Declination	−67° 52′ 12.1264″
Redshift	0.004954[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1481.5 km/s[1]
Distance	68.0 ± 4.8 Mly (20.84 ± 1.46 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.17[1]
Characteristics
Type	SAB0+(s) pec:[2]
Other designations
PGC 7505[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. "NGC 802". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
2. "Results for object NGC 0802 (NGC 802)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
3. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 802 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
4. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 802". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.