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galaxy in the constellation Cetus

Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
02 21 36.20
Declination
−5 ° 31 ′ 13.00 ″
Redshift
0.007635±0.000017
Distance
98 Mly (30.15 M pc )
Type
SA(s)cd
Size
85,500 ly
Apparent size v
3.236′ × 2.188′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
spiral galaxy
Has part
NGC 894
Constellation
Cetus
Distance from Earth
31
Image
NGC 0895 SDSS.jpg
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galaxy morphological type
Scd
Commons category
NGC 895
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1785-09-10
catalog code
LEDA 8974
apparent magnitude
11.939
different from
NGC 894
right ascension
35.4019583
declination
-5.5213944
radial velocity
2285
redshift
0.007635
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 895 is an unbarred spiral galaxy located around 98 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 895 was discovered November 28, 1856 by R. J. Mitchell. NGC 895 is not known to have much star-formation, and is not known to have an active galactic nuclei.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 895” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.