NGC 846
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| NGC 846 | |
|---|---|
| File:NGC 846 PanS.jpg A PanSTARRS (PanS) image of NGC 846 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 02h 12m 12.60s[1] |
| Declination | +44° 34′ 05.0″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.017065 ± 2.60e-5[1] |
| Distance | 235 Mly (72.26 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.3[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(rs)ab[1] |
| Size | 162,000 ly[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.95′ × 1.698′[2] |
| Notable features | N/A |
| Other designations | |
| IRAS 02090+4420, NGC 847, UGC 1688, MCG +07-05-024, PGC 8430, CGCG 538-032[1] | |
NGC 846 (also known as NGC 847) is a barred spiral galaxy located around 235 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.[1][3][2] NGC 846 was discovered on November 22nd, 1876 by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan, and it has a diameter of around 162,000 light-years.[1][3][2] NGC 846 is not known to have much star-formation, and it is not known to have an active galactic nucleus.[1][3][4]
Supernovae
[edit | edit source]Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 846:
- SN 2003ja (type II, mag. 17.1) was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) on 22 October 2003.[5][6]
- SN 2009fu (type Ia, mag. 15.7) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 1 June 2009.[7][8]
See also
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External links
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