NGC 839

NGC 839 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered November 28, 1785 in a sky survey by Wilhelm Herschel.^[3] It is one of the galaxies that are part of the quadruplet family HGC 16, along with the unbarred lenticular galaxy NGC 838.^[2]

NGC 839
HST image of NGC 839
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	02h 09m 42.929s[1]
Declination	−10° 11′ 02.71″[1]
Redshift	0.012916[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	3847 km/s[2]
Distance	174.3 ± 12.2 Mly (53.44 ± 3.75 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.42[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.98[2]
Characteristics
Type	S0: pec[1]
Other designations
MCG -02-06-034, PGC 8254[2]

NGC 839 is a luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG) that shows signs of high amounts of star formation; therefore, it is also classified as a starburst galaxy.^[4] It is similar in appearance to Messier 82, suggesting a similar formation history.^[4]