NGC 90

NGC 90 is an interacting spiral galaxy estimated to be about 250 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by R. J. Mitchell in 1854 and its apparent magnitude is 13.7.^[1] The galaxy is currently interacting with NGC 93 and exhibits two highly elongated and distorted spiral arms with bright blue star clusters indicative of star formation, likely caused by the interaction with its neighbor.

NGC 90 (top center) and its spiral companion to the right, NGC 93 from the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter using the 0.8m Schulman Telescope

References

↑ "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99".

Astronomical catalogs

NGC	NGC 85 NGC 86 NGC 87 NGC 88 NGC 89 NGC 90 NGC 91 NGC 92 NGC 93 NGC 94 NGC 95

PGC	PGC 1401 PGC 1402 PGC 1403 PGC 1404 PGC 1405 PGC 1406 PGC 1407 PGC 1408 PGC 1409

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