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NGC 806

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ1039323 ↗
Source-derived summary

NGC 806 is a spiral galaxy approximately 166 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift on November 1, 1886 with the 16" refractor at Warner Observatory.

Interaction with galaxy PGC 3100716

NGC 806 and PGC 3100716 form a pair of galaxies in gravitational interaction. These two galaxies are either colliding or are the result of a collision.

PGC 3100716 is a spiral galaxy with an apparent size of 0.09 by 0.08 arcmin. It was not included in the original version of the New General Catalogue, and was later added as NGC 806-2.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “NGC 806” as galaxy. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around galaxy.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1886—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with galaxy providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “NGC 806”, the useful work is to connect “galaxy” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1039323. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1886.

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This entry incorporates text from “NGC 806” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.