NGC 920

NGC 920 is a barred spiral galaxy[2] in the Andromeda constellation. The celestial object was discovered on September 11, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift.[4][5]

NGC 920
SDSS image of NGC 920
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension02h 27m 51.794s[1]
Declination+45° 56 49.58[1]
Redshift0.020886[2]
Helio radial velocity6196 km/s[2]
Distance288.4 ± 20.2 Mly (88.43 ± 6.20 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.6[2]
Characteristics
Type(R')SB(s)ab[3]
Other designations
UGC 1920, MCG+08-05-011, PGC 9377[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 920". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  3. "Results for object NGC 0920 (NGC 920)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 920 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 920". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  • Media related to NGC 920 at Wikimedia Commons


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