NGC 906
| Galaxy NGC 906 |
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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 25 m 16.2 s |
| declination | + 42 ° 05 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBab |
| Brightness (visual) | 13 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 143 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 891 group |
| Redshift | 0.015611 +/- 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 4680 +/- 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(215 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (65.9 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | October 30, 1878 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 906 • UGC 1868 • PGC 9188 • CGCG 539-014 • MCG + 07-06-012 • 2MASX J02251625 + 4205234 • LEDA 9188 • LDCE 224 NED017 | |
NGC 906 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 215 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 110,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 909 , NGC 910 , NGC 911 , NGC 914 , among others .
The object was discovered on October 30, 1878 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
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