NGC 862

NGC 862 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation of Phoenix about 241 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel in 1834.[4][5][6]

NGC 862
DSS image of NGC 862
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Phoenix
Right ascension	02^h 13^m 02.98434^s[1]
Declination	−42° 02′ 00.6071″[1]
Redshift	0.017659[2]
Helio radial velocity	5247 km/s[2]
Distance	236.7 Mly (72.57 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.86[2]
Characteristics
Type	E[2]
Other designations
MCG-07-05-012, PGC 8487[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

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.
2. "NGC 862". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
3. Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201.
4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 862 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
5. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 862". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-26.