NGC 806

NGC 806 is a spiral galaxy approximately 166 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Cetus.^[1] It was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift on November 1, 1886 with the 16" refractor at Warner Observatory.^[4]

NGC 806
NGC 806 (SDSS)
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	02h 03m 31.15s [1]
Declination	−09° 56′ 00.15″ [1]
Redshift	0.013156 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	3944 ± 9 km/s [1]
Distance	166 Mly[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.10 [3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.80 [3]
Characteristics
Type	Scd pec? HII [1]
Apparent size (V)	1.2 x 0.4 [1]
Other designations
PGC 7835, MCG -2-6-21

Interaction with galaxy PGC 3100716

NGC 806 and PGC 3100716 (SDSS)

NGC 806 and PGC 3100716 form a pair of galaxies in gravitational interaction. These two galaxies are either colliding or are the result of a collision.^[5]

PGC 3100716 is a spiral galaxy with an apparent size of 0.09 by 0.08 arcmin.^[1] It was not included in the original version of the New General Catalogue, and was later added as NGC 806-2.^[3]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)