NGC 814

NGC 814 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be about 70 million light-years from the Milky Way^[3] and has a diameter of approximately 30,000 ly. NGC 814 was discovered on January 6, 1886, by the American astronomer Ormond Stone.^[4]

NGC 814
legacy survey image of NGC 814 (top) and NGC 815 (bottom)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	02h 10m 37.60711s[1]
Declination	−15° 46′ 25.2419″[1]
Redshift	0.005405[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1616 km/s[2]
Distance	66.2 ± 4.9 Mly (20.30 ± 1.51 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14[2]
Characteristics
Type	SB00 pec:[3]
Other designations
MCG -03-06-010, PGC 8319[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)