NGC 821

NGC 821
NGC 821
	Pan-STARRS image of NGC 821
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Aries
Right ascension	02h 08m 21.150s
Declination	+10° 59′ 41.53″
Redshift	0.005814
Heliocentric radial velocity	1738 km/s
Distance	75.8 Mly (23.23 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.31
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.21
Characteristics
Type	E6
Other designations
	UGC 1631, MCG +02-06-034, PGC 8160

NGC 821 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be about 80 million light-years from the Milky Way^[3] and has a diameter of approximately 55,000 light years. NGC 821 was discovered on September 4, 1786, by astronomer Wilhelm Herschel.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
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^ ^a ^b Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
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