NGC 911

NGC 911 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda about 258 million light years from the Milky Way . It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1878.[4][5][6] It is a member of the galaxy cluster Abell 347.[2]

NGC 911
DSS image of NGC 911
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension02h 25m 42.397s[1]
Declination+41° 57 22.59[1]
Redshift0.01885[2]
Helio radial velocity5598 km/s[2]
Distance257.9 Mly (79.07 Mpc)[3]
Group or clusterAbell 347[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.0[2]
Characteristics
TypeE[2]
Other designations
UGC 1878, MCG+07-06-016, PGC 9221[2]

See also

References

  1. Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. "NGC 911". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50.
  4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 911 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  5. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 911". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  • Media related to NGC 911 at Wikimedia Commons


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