NGC 86

NGC 86
NGC 86
	NGC 86 is the bright galaxy near the top.
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

^ ^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".

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NGC	NGC 81 NGC 82 NGC 83 NGC 84 NGC 85 NGC 86 NGC 87 NGC 88 NGC 89 NGC 90 NGC 91
PGC	PGC 1379 PGC 1380 PGC 1381 PGC 1382 PGC 1383 PGC 1384 PGC 1385 PGC 1386 PGC 1387