NGC 915
| Galaxy NGC 915 |
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| NGC 916 (above) & NGC 915 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aries |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 25 m 45.6 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 13 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / Sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014673 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 4399 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(201 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (61.6 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | September 5, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 915 • PGC 9232 • CGCG 483-041 • MCG + 04-06-033 • KUG 0222 + 269 • 2MASX J02254561 + 2713160 • GALEX ASC J022545.66 + 271316.3 • LDCE 163 NED013 | |
NGC 915 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Aries on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 201 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 903 , NGC 904 , NGC 916 , NGC 919 .
The object was on 5 September 1864 by the astronomer Albert Marth using a 48-inch - telescope discovered.