| NGC 846 | |
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 APanSTARRS (PanS) image of NGC 846 | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 02h 12m 12.60s[1] |
| Declination | +44° 34′ 05.0″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.017065 ± 2.60e-5[1] |
| Distance | 235Mly (72.26 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.3[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(rs)ab[1] |
| Size | 162,000 ly[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.95′ × 1.698′[2] |
| Notable features | N/A |
| Other designations | |
| IRAS 02090+4420,NGC 847,UGC 1688,MCG +07-05-024,PGC 8430,CGCG 538-032[1] | |
NGC 846(also known asNGC 847) is abarred spiral galaxy located around 235 millionlight-years away in theconstellation Andromeda.[1][3][2] NGC 846 was discovered on November 22nd, 1876 by theFrenchastronomerÉdouard Stephan, and it has a diameter of around 162,000 light-years.[1][3][2] NGC 846 is not known to have muchstar-formation, and it is not known to have anactive galactic nucleus.[1][3][4]
Twosupernovae have been observed in NGC 846:
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