NGC 94

NGC 94 (PGC 1423) is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan in 1884. This object is extremely faint and small. A little above the galaxy is NGC 96. NGC 94 is about 260 million light-years away and 50,000 light-years across.[4]

NGC 94
SDSS image of NGC 94
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	00^h 22^m 13.516^s[1]
Declination	+22° 28′ 59.22″[1]
Redshift	0.019604[2]
Helio radial velocity	5877[2]
Distance	260 Mly (80 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	15.6[3]
Characteristics
Type	S0[4]
Size	50,000 ly (15,000 pc)[4]
Apparent size (V)	0.45′ × 0.4′[4]
Other designations
PGC 1423[3]

References

1. Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
2. "NED results for object NGC 0094". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
3. "NGC 94". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
4. Seligman, Courtney. "Celestial Atlas NGC Objects: NGC 77". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 8 August 2015.