Astronomy:NGC 900

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Short description: Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Aries
NGC 900
NGC900 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 900
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAries
Right ascension 02h 23m 32.18058s[1]
Declination+26° 30′ 41.6759″[1]
Redshift0.03254[2]
Helio radial velocity9596 km/s[2]
Distance428.1 Mly (131.25 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.0[2]
Characteristics
TypeS0[2]
Other designations
UGC 1843, MCG+04-06-020, PGC 9079[2]

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]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "NGC 900". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+900. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 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. doi:10.1086/510201. Bibcode2007ApJ...655..790C. 
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 900 - 949". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc9.htm. 
  5. "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=ngc+900&img_stamp=YES. 
  6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 900". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC900. 
  7. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 900 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC900. 

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