NGC 905

galaxy

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Vinony's link graph records 952 inbound references to NGC 905, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and NGC 241.

It is catalogued under topics including Cetus, Lenticular galaxies and NGC objects.

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Key facts

Constellation: Cetus
Right ascension: 02 22 43.574
Declination: −08 ° 43 ′ 08.46 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 13333 km/s
Distance: 644.8 ± 45.2 Mly (197.70 ± 13.85 Mpc )
Type: S0-a

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: spiral galaxy
Constellation: Cetus
Image: NGC 0905 SDSS.jpg

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discoverer or inventor: Francis Preserved Leavenworth
time of discovery or invention: 1886-00-00
epoch: J2000.0
catalog code: LEDA 9038
apparent magnitude: 14.660
galaxy morphological type: S0-a
Commons category: NGC 905
right ascension: 35.6814917
declination: -8.7189167
radial velocity: 13311
redshift: 0.04551

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 905 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus in the constellation Cetus south. It is estimated to be 644 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 85,000 ly. NGC 905 was discovered by astronomer Francis Leavenworth.