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Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 811 is an object in the New General Catalogue. It is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 700 million light-years from the Milky Way.[3] It was discovered by the American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886.[4][5] However, it is usually misidentified as a different object, the spiral galaxy PGC 7905.[6]
NGC 811 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 02h 04m 00.01284s[1] |
Declination | −09° 06′ 21.4094″[1] |
Redshift | 0.04884[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 14285 km/s[2] |
Distance | 692.9 ± 48.5 Mly (212.44 ± 14.88 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 16.5[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E[3] |
Other designations | |
KUG 0201-093, PGC 7870[2] |
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