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NGC 804

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation: Triangulum
Right ascension: 02 04 02.106
Declination: +30 ° 49 ′ 58.13 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 5241 km/s
Distance: 231.3 Mly (70.92 Mpc )
Type: S0

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Distance from Earth: 70.92
Image: NGC 0804 SDSS.jpg

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time of discovery or invention: 1885-09-07
catalog code: LEDA 7873

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NGC 804 is a lenticular galaxy located in the Triangulum constellation about 231 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis Swift in 1885. This galaxy was also observed by the French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on December 24, 1897, and it has been added to the Index Catalogue under the symbol IC 1773.