NGC 909
| Galaxy NGC 909 |
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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 22.8 s |
| declination | + 42 ° 02 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 891 group |
| Redshift | 0.016605 +/- 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 4978 +/- 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(228 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (70.0 ± 4.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | October 30, 1878 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 909 • UGC 1872 • PGC 9197 • CGCG 539-016 • MCG + 07-06-013 • 2MASX J02252279 + 4202074 • LEDA 9197 • LDCE 224 NED018 | |
NGC 909 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Andromeda the northern sky . It is estimated 228 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 906 , NGC 910 , NGC 911 , NGC 914 .
The object was discovered on October 30, 1878 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
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