NGC 916
Galaxy NGC 916 |
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NGC 915 (below) & NGC 916 SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Aries |
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 |
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.