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galaxy

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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 901 is referenced by 870 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and NGC 241.

Vinony files it under Aries (constellation), Elliptical galaxies and NGC objects.

Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Constellation
Aries
Right ascension
02 23 34.09
Declination
+26 ° 33 ′ 25.4 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
9774 km/s
Distance
458.6 ± 32.1 Mly (140.60 ± 9.85 Mpc )
Type
E

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Aries
Image
NGC 0901 SDSS.jpg
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discoverer or inventor
Albert Marth
time of discovery or invention
1864-09-05
catalog code
PGC 212967
apparent magnitude
14.8
galaxy morphological type
C
Commons category
NGC 901
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 901 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be 441 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 50,000 ly. NGC 901 was discovered on September 5, 1864, by Albert Marth.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 901” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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