NGC 901

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]

NGC 901
SDSS image of NGC 901
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAries
Right ascension 02h 23m 34.09s[1]
Declination+26° 33 25.4[1]
Redshift0.0326[1]
Helio radial velocity9774 km/s[1]
Distance458.6 ± 32.1 Mly (140.60 ± 9.85 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.66[2]
Characteristics
TypeE[2]
Other designations
PGC 212967[1]

See also

References

  1. "Results for object NGC 0901 (NGC 901)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  2. "Search specification: PGC 212967". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  4. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 901". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  • Media related to NGC 901 at Wikimedia Commons


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