NGC 901
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| NGC 901 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 901 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Aries |
| Right ascension | 02h 23m 34.09s[1] |
| Declination | +26° 33′ 25.4″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.0326[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 9774 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 458.6 ± 32.1 Mly (140.60 ± 9.85 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.66[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[2] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 212967[1] | |
NGC 901 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be 441 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 50,000 ly. NGC 901 was discovered on September 5, 1864, by Albert Marth.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Results for object NGC 0901 (NGC 901)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ a b "Search specification: PGC 212967". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 901". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
External links
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Media related to NGC 901 at Wikimedia Commons
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