NGC 905

NGC 905 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus in the constellation Cetus south.. It is estimated to be 644 million light-years[2] from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 85,000 ly. NGC 905 was by astronomer Francis Leavenworth.[4][5]

NGC 905
SDSS image of NGC 905
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension02h 22m 43.574s[1]
Declination−08° 43 08.46[1]
Redshift0.04551[1]
Helio radial velocity13333 km/s[1]
Distance644.8 ± 45.2 Mly (197.70 ± 13.85 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.70[3]
Characteristics
TypeS0-a[3]
Other designations
PGC 9038[1]

See also

References

  1. "NGC 905". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  2. "Results for object NGC 0905 (NGC 905)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. "Search specification: NGC 905". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 905 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 905". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  • Media related to NGC 905 at Wikimedia Commons


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