NGC 914
| Galaxy NGC 914 |
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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 26 m 05.2 s |
| declination | + 42 ° 08 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 117 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 426 |
| Redshift | 0.018459 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 5534 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(253 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.6 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | November 30, 1878 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 914 • UGC 1887 • PGC 9253 • CGCG 539-023 • MCG + 07-06-017 • IRAS 2229 + 4155 • 2MASX J02260519 + 4208386 • LEDA 9253 • LDCE 224 NED024 | |
NGC 914 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Andromeda on the northern sky . It is estimated to be 253 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 906 , NGC 909 , NGC 911 , NGC 910 , among others .
The object was discovered on November 30, 1878 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
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