Q698571

Also known as New General Catalogue 93

spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda

Key facts

Constellation: Andromeda
Right ascension: 00 22 03.211
Declination: +22 ° 24 ′ 29.15 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 5380 ± 10 km/s
Distance: 259.7 ± 68.1 Mly , (79.633 ± 20.875 Mpc )
Type: S
Apparent size v: 1.4' x 0.7'

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 72.56
Image: NGC93 - SDSS DR14.jpg

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Commons category: NGC 93
catalog code: Gaia DR2 2800700795938118528
time of discovery or invention: 1854-10-26
apparent magnitude: 9.633
galaxy morphological type: S
redshift: 0.017946
right ascension: 5.51345413478870
declination: 22.40810803188860
radial velocity: 5687

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Article

NGC 93 is an interacting spiral galaxy estimated to be about 260 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by R. J. Mitchell in 1854. The galaxy is currently interacting with NGC 90 and has some signs of interacting with it.

NGC 93 and NGC 90 form the interacting galaxy pair Arp 65.