Astronomy:NGC 901
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Short description: Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Aries
| 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] |
| Helio 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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Results for object NGC 0901 (NGC 901)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20901&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Search specification: PGC 212967". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?PGC%20212967.
- ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+901&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 901". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC%20901.
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