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 | |
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![]() SDSS image of NGC 901 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Aries |
Right ascension | 02h 23m 34.09s[1] |
Declination | +26° 33′ 25.4″[1] |
Redshift | 0.0326[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 9774 km/s[1] |
Distance | 458.6 ± 32.1 Mly (140.60 ± 9.85 Mpc)[1] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.66[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E[2] |
Other designations | |
PGC 212967[1] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Results for object NGC 0901 (NGC 901)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ a b "Search specification: PGC 212967". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 901". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
External links
edit- Media related to NGC 901 at Wikimedia Commons