NGC 900

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Galaxy
NGC 900
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Aries
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 23 m 32.1 s
declination + 26 ° 30 ′ 43 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 30 °
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.032449 ± 0.000087  
Radial velocity (9728 ± 26) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(439 ± 31)  ·  10 6  ly
(134.6 ± 9.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date September 5, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  900 • UGC  1843 • PGC  9079 • CGCG  483-023 • MCG  + 04-06-020 • IRAS  F02207 + 2617 • 2MASX  J02233215 + 2630412 • LEDA 9079 • LDCE 163 NED006

NGC 900 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Aries on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 439 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 140,000 ly. a. the galaxies NGC 901 , NGC 903 , NGC 904 , NGC 915 .

The object was on 5 September 1864 by Albert Marth using a 48-inch - telescope discovered.

Web links

Commons : NGC 900  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 900
  3. Seligman