NGC 840 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 02h 10m 16.21932s[1] |
Declination | +07° 50′ 43.4000″[1] |
Redshift | 0.024143[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 7151 km/s[2] |
Distance | 303.0 Mly (92.90 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.42[4] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.30[4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(r)b[5] |
Other designations | |
UGC 1664, MCG +01-06-049, PGC 8293[2] |
NGC 840 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic. It is estimated to be about 300 million light-years from the Milky Way[3] and has a diameter of approximately 175,000 ly.[6][7][8]