NGC866
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC866 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:26 (PDT) – 3 hours and 15 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 24° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:30.
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Name
NGC866
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC863
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Position
| Right ascension: | 02h14m [2] |
| Declination: | −00°46' [2] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Distance: | 91.2 Mpc 297.1 Mlyr [1] |