NGC 1803
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| NGC 1803 | |
|---|---|
 A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1803 | |
| Observation data (J2000[1] epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pictor |
| Right ascension | 05h 05m 26.50s[1] |
| Declination | −49° 34′ 03.0″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.013686±0.000127[1] |
| Distance | 192 Mly (58.8 Mpc) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.6 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)bc:[2] |
| Size | 87,000 ly |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.1 x 0.67 |
| Other designations | |
| APMBGC 203-035-024, 6dFGS gJ050526.6-493403, ESO 203-18, ESO-LV 203-0180, IRAS 05041-4938, IRAS F05041-4938, ISOSS J05054-4933, LEDA 16715, PSCz Q05041-4938, RR95 103a, SGC 050409-4938.0, [SDD95] 259a, [SLK2000] 26, [SLK2004] 473[1] | |
NGC 1803 is a barred spiral galaxy located around 192 million light-years away in the constellation Pictor. NGC 1803 was discovered in 1834 by John Herschel, and it is 87,000 light-years across.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "SIMBAD Astronomical Database - CDS (Strasbourg)". Results for NGC 1803. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ^ "Results for object NGC 1803 (NGC 1803)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1800 - 1849". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
External links[edit]
Media related to NGC 1803 at Wikimedia Commons- NGC 1803 on SIMBAD
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