Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.017956
- Morphology
- E
- Coordinates
- RA 36.0232° · Dec 27.3425°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Aries
- Right ascension
- 02 24 05.546
- Declination
- +27 ° 20 ′ 32.97 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 5335 km/s
- Distance
- 234.9 Mly (72.02 Mpc )
- Type
- cE
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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