NGC 813

NGC 813
legacy surveys image of NGC 813
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hydrus
Right ascension	02^h 01^m 36.113^s[1]
Declination	−68° 26′ 20.99″[1]
Redshift	0.027219[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	8049 km/s[2]
Distance	386.5 ± 27.1 Mly (118.50 ± 8.30 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.84[2]
Characteristics
Type	SAB(r)0/a:[3]
Other designations
PGC 7692[2]

NGC 813 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Hydrus. It is estimated to be 390 million light-years from the Milky Way^[3] and has a diameter of approximately 140,000 ly. NGC 813 was discovered on November 24, 1834, by the British astronomer John Herschel.^[4][5]

One supernova, SN 2020abzv (type Ia, mag. 16.6), was discovered in NGC 813 on 9 December, 2020.^[6]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

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. "NGC 813". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
3. "Results for object NGC 0813 (NGC 813)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 813 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 813". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
6. Transient Name Server entry for SN 2020abzv. Retrieved 24 March 2023.