NGC 96
| Galaxy NGC 96 |
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| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 22 m 17.7 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 32 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | +14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | +15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 × 0.6 |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020631 +/- 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 6185 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(283 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.9 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | October 24, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 96 • PGC 1429 • MCG + 04-02-014 • 2MASX J00221769 + 2232462 • GALEX ASC J002217.67 + 223247.9 • 2MASS J00221772 + 2232465 | |
NGC 96 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 283 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 90 , NGC 93 , NGC 94 , IC 1546 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on October 24, 1884 by the French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan .
Web links
Commons : NGC 96 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
