NGC 916
| Galaxy NGC 916 |
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| NGC 915 (below) & NGC 916 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 47.6 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 14 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / Sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032069 ± 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | 9614 ± 35 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(434 ± 30) x 10 6 ly (133.0 ± 9.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | September 5, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 916 • PGC 9245 • CGCG 483-43 • MCG + 04-06-034 • IRAS IRAS 02231 + 2702 • 2MASX J02254763 + 2714330 • GALEX ASC J022547.78 + 271434.5 • LDCE 163 NED014 | |
NGC 916 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in the constellation ram on the ecliptic. It is estimated to be 434 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 115,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 904 , NGC 903 , NGC 915 , NGC 919 .
The object was on 5 September 1864 by the astronomer Albert Marth using a 48-inch - telescope discovered.