NGC 895
| Galaxy NGC 895 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 21 m 36.5 s |
| declination | -05 ° 31 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) cd |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.6 ′ × 2.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007632 ± 0.000004 |
| Radial velocity | 2288 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(102 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (31.4 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 895 • PGC 8974 • MCG -01-07-002 • IRAS 2191-0544 • GC 326 • H II 438 • h 219 • | |
NGC 895 is the name of a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Whale in the New General Catalog .
The galaxy was by astronomer William Herschel use in 1785 of a 18.7-inch - telescope discovered.