NGC 810 is an unbarred[4] elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Cetus, approximately 360 million light-years from the Milky Way.[3] It was discovered by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1871.[5]
| NGC 810 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 810 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 02h 05m 28.563s[1] |
| Declination | +13° 15′ 05.88″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.02592[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 7670 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 355.7 ± 25.0 Mly (109.06 ± 7.66 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.4[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E5[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1583, MCG +02-06-026, PGC 7965[2] | |
NGC 810 is currently in a merger event.[4] It is interacting with the galaxy SDSS J020529.28+131503.5.[6]