NGC 904 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Aries |
Right ascension | 02h24m 05.546s[1] |
Declination | +27° 20′ 32.97″[1] |
Redshift | 0.017956[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5335 km/s[2] |
Distance | 234.9 Mly (72.02 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.98[4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | cE[4] |
Other designations | |
UGC 1852, MCG +04-06-024, PGC 9112[2] |
NGC 904 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be 244 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 85,000 ly. NGC 904 was discovered on 13 December 1884 by the astronomer Edouard Stephan.[5][6][7]
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