NGC 880

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NGC 880
J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension02h 18m 27.253s[1]
Declination−04° 12′ 19.44″[1]
Redshift0.041656[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity12228 km/s[2]
Distance586.9 ± 41.1 Mly (179.93 ± 12.61 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)15.11[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.61[2]
Characteristics
TypeS?[4]
Other designations
PGC 8805[2]

NGC 880 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 590 million light-years from the Milky Way.[3] It was discovered by the American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 18913331
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  2. ^ a b c d e "NGC 880". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. ^ a b "Results for object NGC 0880 (NGC 880)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. ^ "Search specification: NGC 880". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  5. ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 880 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  6. ^ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 880 - Galaxy in Cetus Constellation". Telescopius. Retrieved 2019-12-25.

External links

  • Media related to NGC 880 at Wikimedia Commons