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galaxy in the constellation Cetus

Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
02 21 36.20
Declination
−5 ° 31 ′ 13.00 ″
Redshift
0.007635±0.000017
Distance
98 Mly (30.15 M pc )
Type
SA(s)cd
Size
85,500 ly
Apparent size v
3.236′ × 2.188′

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 895 is an unbarred spiral galaxy located around 98 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 895 was discovered November 28, 1856 by R. J. Mitchell. NGC 895 is not known to have much star-formation, and is not known to have an active galactic nuclei.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 895” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.