NGC 94
| Galaxy NGC 94 |
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| SDSS image from NGC 94, PGC 1670567 (below) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 22 m 13.5 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 28 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019604 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 5877 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(269 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (82.6 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | November 14, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 94 • PGC 1423 • CGCG 479-17 • 2MASX J00221351 + 2228592 • | |
NGC 94 is a lens-shaped Hubble-type S0 galaxy in the constellation Andromeda . It is about 269 million light years away from the Milky Way , with a diameter of about 70,000 light years. The galaxy has a lens-shaped partner of the type S0? cataloged as PGC 1670567 .
NGC 94 was discovered on November 14, 1884 by the French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan .