Astronomy:NGC 905
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Cetus
| NGC 905 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 905 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 02h 22m 43.574s[1] |
| Declination | −08° 43′ 08.46″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.04551[1] |
| Helio radial velocity | 13333 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 644.8 ± 45.2 Mly (197.70 ± 13.85 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.70[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0-a[3] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 9038[1] | |
NGC 905 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus in the constellation Cetus south. It is estimated to be 644 million light-years[2] from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 85,000 ly. NGC 905 was discovered by astronomer Francis Leavenworth.[4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "NGC 905". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+905.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Results for object NGC 0905 (NGC 905)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20905&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Search specification: NGC 905". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%20905.
- ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 905 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC905.
- ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 905". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC%20905.
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