NGC 1803

NGC 1803
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1803
Observation data (J2000[1] epoch)
ConstellationPictor
Right ascension05h 05m 26.50s[1]
Declination−49° 34′ 03.0″[1]
Redshift0.013686±0.000127[1]
Distance192 Mly (58.8 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)12.6
Characteristics
TypeSB(s)bc:[2]
Size87,000 ly
Apparent size (V)1.1 x 0.67
Other designations
APMBGC 203-035-024, 6dFGS gJ050526.6-493403, ESO 203-18, ESO-LV 203-0180, IRAS 05041-4938, IRAS F05041-4938, ISOSS J05054-4933, LEDA 16715, PSCz Q05041-4938, RR95 103a, SGC 050409-4938.0, [SDD95] 259a, [SLK2000] 26, [SLK2004] 473[1]

NGC 1803 is a barred spiral galaxy located around 192 million light-years away in the constellation Pictor. NGC 1803 was discovered in 1834 by John Herschel, and it is 87,000 light-years across.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "SIMBAD Astronomical Database - CDS (Strasbourg)". Results for NGC 1803. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  2. ^ "Results for object NGC 1803 (NGC 1803)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  3. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1800 - 1849". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.


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