Astronomy:NGC 903

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Short description: Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Aries
NGC 903
NGC 903 NGC 904 legacy dr9.jpg
legacy surveys image of NGC 903 (right) and NGC 904
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAries
Right ascension 02h 24m 00.89555s[1]
Declination+27° 21′ 23.1264″[1]
Redshift0.01682[2]
Helio radial velocity5000 km/s[2]
Distance231.0 ± 16.2 Mly (70.83 ± 4.97 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)16.71[4]
Other designations
PGC 9097[2]

NGC 903 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be about 230 million light-years from the Milky Way[3] and has a diameter of approximately 35,000 ly. NGC 903 was discovered on 13 December 1884 by the astronomer Edouard Stephan.[5][6]

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