NGC 95

NGC 95 is a spiral galaxy located in the Pisces constellation. It was discovered by English astronomer John Fredrick William Herschel on October 18, 1784. The galaxy has several blue spiral arms surrounding a bright yellow nucleus, and is approximately 120,000 light years in diameter, making it only slightly larger than the Milky Way.

NGC 95
SDSS image of NGC 95
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension00h 22m 13.6s[1]
Declination+10° 29 30[1]
Redshift0.017946[1]
Helio radial velocity5380 km/s[1]
Distance250 Mly
[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.5 mag
Characteristics
TypeSAB(rs)c?pec
Other designations
UGC 214, PGC 1426, GC 47.

References

  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0095. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  2. "Celestial Atlas". Cseligman. Retrieved 2015-08-18.


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