Key facts
- Constellation
- Triangulum
- Right ascension
- 02 15 51.146
- Declination
- +35 ° 54 ′ 48.89 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 8058 km/s
- Distance
- 360.7 Mly (110.59 Mpc )
- Type
- Sb
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 861 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Triangulum. It is estimated to be 360 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 165,000 light-years. The object was discovered on September 18, 1865 by Heinrich d'Arrest.
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