NGC 901
| Galaxy NGC 901 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aries |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 23 m 34.1 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 33 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032602 |
| Radial velocity | 9774 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(441 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (135.2 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | September 5, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 901 • PGC 212967 • 2MASX J02233408 + 2633252 • GALEX ASC J022334.22 + 263325.1 • LDCE 163 NED007 | |
NGC 901 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Aries on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 441 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 50,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 900 , NGC 903 , NGC 904 , NGC 915 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on September 5, 1864 .