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galaxy

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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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NGC 0905 SDSS.jpg
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time of discovery or invention
1886-00-00
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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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.

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