NGC 913

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Galaxy
NGC 913
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NGC 0913 DSS.jpg
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Constellation Andromeda
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 25 m 44.6 s
declination + 41 ° 47 ′ 58 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 15.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 24 °
Surface brightness 12.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.016728 +/- 0.000090  
Radial velocity 5015 +/- 27 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(230 ± 16)  x  10 6  ly
(70.5 ± 4.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Discovery date November 30, 1878
Catalog names
NGC  913 • PGC  9230 • 2MASX  J02254463 + 4147580 • LEDA 9230

NGC 913 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 230 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 35,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 909 , NGC 910 , NGC 911 , NGC 912 , among others .

The object was discovered on November 30, 1878 by Édouard Stephan .

Web links

Commons : NGC 913  - 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 913
  3. Seligman