NGC 856
NGC 856 is a early spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. Some key stats include:
NGC: | NGC 856 |
Type: | galaxy |
Duplicate cross-reference: | NGC 859 |
Galaxy type: | early spiral |
Galaxy morph class: | Sa |
Constellation: | Cetus |
Surface brightness: | 23.2 mag/arcsec2 |
V-magnitude (visual): | 16.5 |
B-magnitude (blue): | 14.1 |
J-magnitude (IR): | 11.2 |
H-magnitude (IR): | |
K-magnitude (IR): | 10.6 |
Right Ascension: | 02:13:38.36 |
Declination: | -00:43:02.20 |
Major axis: | 1.19 ' |
Minor axis: | 0.94 ' |
Angle (major axis): | 17° |
Radial velocity: | 5956 km/s |
Redshift: | 0.02007 |
Right Ascension units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination units = DD:MM:SS.SS
PN = planetary nebula