NGC 852

NGC 852
NGC 852 imaged by the legacy surveys
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Eridanus
Right ascension	02^h 08^m 55.446^s[1]
Declination	−56° 44′ 13.29″[1]
Redshift	0.021656[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	6421.9[2]
Characteristics
Type	SB(rs)bc:[3]
Apparent size (V)	0.593′ × 0.546′[1]
Other designations
IRAS F02072-5658, LEDA 8195[4]

NGC 852 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Eridanus constellation. It is estimated to be 281 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 110,000 light-years. NGC 852 was discovered on October 27, 1834, by John Herschel.^[5][6]

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. Meyer, M. J.; et al. (June 2004). "The HIPASS catalogue - I. Data presentation". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 350 (4): 1195–1209. arXiv:astro-ph/0406384. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.350.1195M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07710.x. S2CID 10336076.
3. 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)
4. "NGC 852". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
5. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 852". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-12-09.

External links

• Media related to NGC 852 at Wikimedia Commons