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 | |
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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] |