Astronomy:NGC 890
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Triangulum
| NGC 890 | |
|---|---|
 DSS image of NGC 890 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Triangulum |
| Right ascension | 02h 22m 01.008s[1] |
| Declination | +33° 15′ 57.94″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.0138[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 4108 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 180.2 ± 12.7 Mly (55.24 ± 3.88 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.05[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.5[2] |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | −21.7[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB0−(r)?[3] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1823, MCG+05-06-030, PGC 8997[2] | |
NGC 890 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Triangulum. It is estimated to be 180 million light-years from the Milky Way[3] and has a diameter of approximately 130,000 ly. NGC 890 was discovered on September 13, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel.[4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 890". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+890.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Results for object NGC 0890 (NGC 890)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20890&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1.
- ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 890". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC890.
- ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 890 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC890.
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