Astronomy:NGC 91
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Short description: Star in the constellation Andromeda
Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 00h 21m 51.633s[1] |
Declination | +22° 22′ 05.52″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.4[2] |
Astrometry | |
Parallax (π) | 0.4985 ± 0.0399[3] mas |
Distance | 6,500 ± 500 ly (2,000 ± 200 pc) |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
NGC 91 (PGC 3325956, GC 41, GC 5097, or NPD 68 22.9) is a star with an apparent magnitude of 14.4 in the constellation of Andromeda. The star is southwest of the galaxy NGC 90. Discovered in 1866 by Herman Schultz, there have been many arguments if this star exists or not. However, people have observed the star, and have confirmed that NGC 91 exists.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cutri, Roc M.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Beichman, Charles A.; Carpenter, John M.; Chester, Thomas; Cambresy, Laurent; Evans, Tracey E. et al. (2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues 2246: II/246. Bibcode: 2003yCat.2246....0C. http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=II/246.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Seligman, Courtney. "Celestial Atlas NGC Objects: NGC 91". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#91.
- ↑ Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ "2MASS J00215163+2222055". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=2MASS+J00215163%2B2222055.
External links
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC 91.
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