NGC 880 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 02h 18m 27.253s[1] |
Declination | −04° 12′ 19.44″[1] |
Redshift | 0.041656[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 12228 km/s[2] |
Distance | 586.9 ± 41.1 Mly (179.93 ± 12.61 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.11[2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.61[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S?[4] |
Other designations | |
PGC 8805[2] |
NGC 880 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 590 million light-years from the Milky Way.[3] It was discovered by the American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886.[5][6]
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