| 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] |
| Heliocentric 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 2 3 4 5 "NGC 905". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- 1 2 "Results for object NGC 0905 (NGC 905)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- 1 2 "Search specification: NGC 905". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 905 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 905". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
External links
Media related to NGC 905 at Wikimedia Commons
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