Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.022131654506265752
- Coordinates
- RA 5.3896° · Dec 22.5920°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 00 21 21.2
- Declination
- +22 ° 37 ′ 11 ″
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 84 is a star located in the constellation Andromeda. NGC 84 is often misidentified in astronomical literature as a galaxy rather than a single star. It was first discovered on November 14, 1884, by the French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan, who is well known for his successes in cataloging faint celestial forms.
NGC stands for the New General Catalogue, a listing of deep space objects like star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. The NGC includes over 7,800 objects and remains one of the most commonly used astronomical catalogs today.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 84” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.