NGC 811

{{short description|Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 811

| image = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 811 (PGC 7870)

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Cetus

| ra = {{RA|02|04|00.01284}}{{cite DR2}}

| dec = {{DEC|-09|06|21.4094}}

| z = 0.04884

| h_radial_v = 14285 km/s

| dist_ly = {{cvt|212.44|±|14.88|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=PGC%207870&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object KUG 0201-093 (PGC 7870)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|access-date=2020-05-24}}

| group_cluster =

| type = E

| size =

| appmag_v =

| appmag_b = 16.5

| absmag_v =

| size_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|name=KUG 0201-093|PGC=7870}}{{cite simbad|title=LEDA 7870|access-date=2020-05-24}}

}}

NGC 811 is an object in the New General Catalogue. It is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 700 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886.{{Cite web|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC811|title=The galaxy NGC 811 - In-The-Sky.org|last=Ford|first=Dominic|website=in-the-sky.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC811|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 811|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2020-03-23}} However, it is usually misidentified as a different object, the spiral galaxy PGC 7905.{{cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc8.htm#811|title=New General Catalogue objects: NGC 800 - 849|author=Seligman, Courtney|website=cseligman.com|access-date=2020-05-24}}