NGC 900 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Aries about 430 million light-years[3] from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the German astronomer Albert Marth in 1864.[4][5][6][7]
| NGC 900 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 900 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Aries |
| Right ascension | 02h 23m 32.18058s[1] |
| Declination | +26° 30′ 41.6759″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.03254[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 9596 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 428.1 Mly (131.25 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.0[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0[2] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1843, MCG +04-06-020, PGC 9079[2] | |
See also
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edit- ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
- ^ a b c d e "NGC 900". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ a b Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 900 - 949". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 900". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 900 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
External links
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