NGC 801

NGC 801 is a spiral galaxy with an active galaxy core^{[citation needed]} 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	02h 03m 44.79408s[1]
Declination	+38° 15′ 31.6246″[1]
Redshift	0.019187±0.000090[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5,772[3] km/s
Distance	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]