NGC 813

NGC 813 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Hydrus. It is estimated to be 390 million light-years from the Milky Way^[3] and has a diameter of approximately 140,000 ly. NGC 813 was discovered on November 24, 1834, by the British astronomer John Herschel.^[4][5]

NGC 813
legacy surveys image of NGC 813
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hydrus
Right ascension	02h 01m 36.113s[1]
Declination	−68° 26′ 20.99″[1]
Redshift	0.027219[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	8049 km/s[2]
Distance	386.5 ± 27.1 Mly (118.50 ± 8.30 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.84[2]
Characteristics
Type	SAB(r)0/a:[3]
Other designations
PGC 7692[2]

One supernova, SN 2020abzv (type Ia, mag. 16.6), was discovered in NGC 813 on 9 December, 2020.^[6]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)