NGC 903

galaxy

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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 903 is referenced by 869 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), list of stars in Aries and epoch.

It sits within the topics Aries (constellation), Astronomical objects discovered in 1884 and Discoveries by Édouard Stephan.

Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: AG?
Distance: 4,499 light-years
Redshift: z = 0.01681830167989083
Coordinates: RA 36.0037° · Dec 27.3564°

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Key facts

Constellation: Aries
Right ascension: 02 24 00.89555
Declination: +27 ° 21 ′ 23.1264 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 5000 km/s
Distance: 231.0 ± 16.2 Mly (70.83 ± 4.97 Mpc )

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: lenticular galaxy
Constellation: Aries
Image: NGC903 - NGC904 - SDSS DR14.png

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discoverer or inventor: Édouard Stephan
time of discovery or invention: 1884-12-13
catalog code: Gaia DR2 106598962278866944
epoch: J2000.0
apparent magnitude: 11.877
galaxy morphological type: S0
Commons category: NGC 903
right ascension: 36.00373147103610
declination: 27.35642400190380

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 903 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be about 230 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 35,000 ly. NGC 903 was discovered on 13 December 1884 by the astronomer Edouard Stephan.