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) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 02h 25m 42.397s[1] |
| Declination | +41° 57′ 22.59″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.01885[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 5598 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 257.9 Mly (79.07 Mpc)[3] |
| Group or cluster | Abell 347[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.0[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[2] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1878, MCG+07-06-016, PGC 9221[2] | |
See also
References
- 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.
- "NGC 911". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- 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.
- Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 911 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- "Revised NGC Data for NGC 911". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
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