NGC 898
| Galaxy NGC 898 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 23 m 20.4 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 57 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab edge-on |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 891 group |
| Redshift | 0.018329 ± 0.00006 |
| Radial velocity | 5495 ± 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(251 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.1 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 17, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 898 • UGC 1842 • PGC 9073 • MCG + 07-06-004 • IRAS 2201 + 4143 • 2MASX J02232039 + 4157052 • GC 533 • H III 570 • GALEXMSC J022320.25 + 415708.5 • LDCE 224 NED009 | |
NGC 898 is an edge-on spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 251 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 130,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 891 , NGC 906 , NGC 909 , NGC 910 , among others .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on October 17, 1786 .