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NGC 86
NGC 86
	NGC 86 is the bright galaxy near the top. Taken by Joseph D. Schulman.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	00h 21m 28.586s
Declination	+22° 33′ 22.96″
Redshift	0.018650
Heliocentric radial velocity	5591
Distance	289.71 ± 11.92 Mly (88.825 ± 3.655 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.9
Characteristics
Type	S0
Size	24,000 ly (7,360 pc)
Apparent size (V)	0.55′ × 0.198′
Other designations
	MCG+04-02-009, PGC 1383

NGC 86 is a lenticular galaxy estimated to be between 275 and 300 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan in 1884 and its apparent magnitude is 14.9.^[4]

References edit

^ ^a ^b 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. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "NED results for object NGC 0086". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "NGC 86". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^ "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99".