NGC 864

galaxy

NGC 864 is a star-forming intermediate spiral galaxy located in the Cetus constellation. It's also classified as an isolated galaxy on the AMIGA catalogue as CIG 96. Its discovery and first description was realized by William Herschel in October 25th, 1785 and the findings made public through his Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, published in 1786.

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