NGC 920
| Galaxy NGC 920 |
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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 27 m 51.8 s |
| declination | + 45 ° 56 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (s) |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 154 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020668 +/- 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 6196 +/- 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(283 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.8 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | September 11, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 920 • UGC 1920 • PGC 9377 • CGCG 553-012 • MCG + 08-05-011 • 2MASX J02275179 + 4556495 • 2MASS J02275177 + 4556494 | |
NGC 920 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 283 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 125,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 933 and IC 1799 , among others .
The object was by astronomer A. Swift Lewis on September 11, 1885 using a 16-inch - telescope discovered.