NGC 850 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 300 million light-years from the Milky Way[3] and has a diameter of approximately 130,000 ly.[4][5][6]
| NGC 850 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 850 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 02h 11m 13.661s[1] |
| Declination | −01° 29′ 08.10″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.027226[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 8051 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 305.8 Mly (93.76 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.1[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB0+(s)[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1679, MCG +00-06-049, PGC 8369[2] | |
See also
References
External links
Media related to NGC 850 at Wikimedia Commons
