NGC 903

galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: AG?
Distance: 4,499 light-years
Redshift: z = 0.01681830167989083
Coordinates: RA 36.0037° · Dec 27.3564°

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Key facts

Constellation: Aries
Right ascension: 02 24 00.89555
Declination: +27 ° 21 ′ 23.1264 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 5000 km/s
Distance: 231.0 ± 16.2 Mly (70.83 ± 4.97 Mpc )

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: lenticular galaxy
Constellation: Aries
Image: NGC903 - NGC904 - SDSS DR14.png

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discoverer or inventor: Édouard Stephan
time of discovery or invention: 1884-12-13
catalog code: Gaia DR2 106598962278866944
epoch: J2000.0
apparent magnitude: 11.877
galaxy morphological type: S0
Commons category: NGC 903
right ascension: 36.00373147103610
declination: 27.35642400190380

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 903 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be about 230 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 35,000 ly. NGC 903 was discovered on 13 December 1884 by the astronomer Edouard Stephan.

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