NGC 821

NGC 821 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be about 80 million light-years from the Milky Way^[3] and has a diameter of approximately 55,000 light years. NGC 821 was discovered on September 4, 1786, by astronomer Wilhelm Herschel.^[4][5][6]

NGC 821
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 821
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Aries
Right ascension	02h 08m 21.150s[1]
Declination	+10° 59′ 41.53″[1]
Redshift	0.005814[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1738 km/s[2]
Distance	75.8 Mly (23.23 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.31[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.21[2]
Characteristics
Type	E6[2]
Other designations
UGC 1631, MCG +02-06-034, PGC 8160[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)