NGC 801

NGC 801 is a spiral galaxy with an active galaxy core in the constellation Andromeda. It is estimated to be 174 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 174,400 light-years. The object was discovered on September 20, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift.[7][8]

NGC 801
NGC 801
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	02^h 03^m 44.79408^s[1]
Declination	+38° 15′ 31.6246″[1]
Redshift	0.019187±0.000090[2]
Helio radial velocity	5,772[3] km/s
Distance (comoving)	174.4 Mly (53.46 Mpc)[3]
Characteristics
Type	Sc[4]
Size	189.2 kly (58.01 kpc)[4]
Apparent size (V)	1.280′ × 0.461′[5]
Other designations
UGC 1550, MCG+06-05-079, PGC 7847[6]

References

1. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
2. Paturel, G.; et al. (2002). Comparison LEDA/SIMBAD octobre 2002. Catalogue to be published in 2003. LEDA. Bibcode:2002LEDA.........0P.
3. Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 50. arXiv:1605.01765. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50.
4. de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991). "Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies". 3.9. New York: Springer-Verlag. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
5. Skrutskie, M. F.; et al. (February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
6. "NGC 801". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
7. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 801". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
8. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-12.