NGC 900

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NGC 900
NGC900 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 900
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAries
Right ascension02h 23m 32.18058s[1]
Declination+26° 30′ 41.6759″[1]
Redshift0.03254[2]
Helio radial velocity9596 km/s[2]
Distance428.1 Mly (131.25 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.0[2]
Characteristics
TypeS0[2]
Other designations
UGC 1843, MCG +04-06-020, PGC 9079[2]

NGC 900 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Aries about 430 million light-years[3] from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the German astronomer Albert Marth in 1864.[4][5][6][7]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
  2. ^ a b c d e "NGC 900". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. ^ a b Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201.
  4. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 900 - 949". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  5. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  6. ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 900". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  7. ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 900 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.

External links[]

  • Media related to NGC 900 at Wikimedia Commons


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