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NGC 803

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NGC 803
SDSSimage of NGC 803
Observation data (J2000epoch)
ConstellationAries
Right ascension02h03m44.701s
Declination+16° 01′ 51.46″
Redshift0.007002[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity2092 km/s[1]
Distance70.7Mly(21.68Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude(V)12.41[3]
Apparent magnitude(B)13.03[3]
Characteristics
TypeSA(s)c: edge-on[4]
Other designations
UGC1554,MCG+03-06-028,PGC7849[1]

NGC 803is aspiral galaxylocated in theconstellation Ariesabout 70 millionlight-years[2]from theMilky Way.It was discovered by the German–BritishastronomerWilliam Herschelin 1784.[5][6]

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References

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  1. ^abc"NGC 803".SIMBAD.Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.Retrieved2020-05-24.
  2. ^abTully, 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.S2CID250737862.50.
  3. ^ab"Search specification: NGC 803".HyperLeda.Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1.Retrieved2020-05-24.
  4. ^"Results for object NGC 0803 (NGC 803)".NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database.California Institute of Technology.Retrieved2020-05-24.
  5. ^Ford, Dominic."The galaxy NGC 803 - In-The-Sky.org".in-the-sky.org.Retrieved2020-03-24.
  6. ^"Revised NGC Data for NGC 803".spider.seds.org.Retrieved2020-03-24.
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