NGC 880 explained

NGC 880
Epoch:J2000
Constellation Name:Cetus
Ra:[1]
Z:0.041656
H Radial V:12228 km/s
Dist Ly:[2]
Type:S?[3]
Appmag V:15.11
Appmag B:15.61
Names:[4]

NGC 880 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 590 million light-years from the Milky Way.[2] It was discovered by the American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886.[5] [6]

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References

  1. 10.1086/498708 . Skrutskie . Michael F. . Cutri . Roc M. . Stiening . Rae . Weinberg . Martin D. . Schneider . Stephen E. . Carpenter . John M. . Beichman . Charles A. . Capps . Richard W. . Chester . Thomas . Elias . Jonathan H. . Huchra . John P. . Liebert . James W. . Lonsdale . Carol J. . Monet . David G. . Price . Stephan . Seitzer . Patrick . Jarrett . Thomas H. . Kirkpatrick . J. Davy . Gizis . John E. . Howard . Elizabeth V. . Evans . Tracey E. . Fowler . John W. . Fullmer . Linda . Hurt . Robert L. . Light . Robert M. . Kopan . Eugene L. . Marsh . Kenneth A. . McCallon . Howard L. . Tam . Robert . Van Dyk . Schuyler D. . Wheelock . Sherry L. . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) . The Astronomical Journal . 1 February 2006 . 131 . 2 . 1163–1183 . 2006AJ....131.1163S . 18913331 . 0004-6256 . free .
  2. Web site: Results for object NGC 0880 (NGC 880). NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. 2020-05-25.
  3. Web site: Search specification: NGC 880. HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. 2020-05-25.
  4. NGC 880. 2020-05-25.
  5. Web site: The galaxy NGC 880 - In-The-Sky.org. Ford. Dominic. in-the-sky.org. en. 2019-12-25.
  6. Web site: Galaxy NGC 880 - Galaxy in Cetus Constellation. Rojas. Sebastián García. Telescopius. en. 2019-12-25.