NGC 870

Summary

NGC 870 is a galaxy^[1]. NGC 870 has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 870 is credited with the discovery of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse^[3].
• NGC 870's instance of is recorded as galaxy^[4].
• NGC 870's instance of is recorded as lenticular galaxy^[5].
• NGC 870's constellation is recorded as Aries^[6].
• NGC 870's galaxy morphological type is recorded as C^[7].
• NGC 870's Commons category is recorded as NGC 870^[8].
• NGC 870's catalog code is recorded as NGC 870^[9].
• NGC 870's catalog code is recorded as PGC 8721^[10].
• NGC 870's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J02170921+1431231^[11].
• NGC 870's catalog code is recorded as MCG+02-06-052^[12].
• NGC 870's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 8721^[13].
• NGC 870's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 75802736800826240^[14].
• NGC 870's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1854-11-22T00:00:00Z^[15].
• NGC 870's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.5'}^[16].
• NGC 870's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+18.7126'}^[17].
• NGC 870's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16'}^[18].
• NGC 870's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.121'}^[19].
• NGC 870's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.483'}^[20].
• NGC 870's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.937'}^[21].
• NGC 870's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+34.28844441417280'}^[22].
• NGC 870's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.52313126519140'}^[23].
• NGC 870's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include galaxy^[4] and lenticular galaxy^[5].

Why It Matters

NGC 870 has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]