Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- *
- Distance
- 6,753 light-years
- Coordinates
- RA 5.4651° · Dec 22.3682°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 00 21 51.633
- Declination
- +22 ° 22 ′ 05.52 ″
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Distance from Earth
- 2006.0181
- Image
- NGC 0091 SDSS.jpg
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- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -2.236
- right ascension
- 5.46510825421530
- declination
- 22.36822691580220
- parallax
- 0.4985
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2800700246182305408
- discoverer or inventor
- R. J. Mitchell
- time of discovery or invention
- 1854-10-26
- Commons category
- NGC 91
- apparent magnitude
- 14.4
- declination component of proper motion
- -3.148
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 91 (PGC 3325956, GC 41, GC 5097, or NPD 68 22.9) is a star with an apparent magnitude of 14.4 in the constellation of Andromeda. The star is southwest of the galaxy NGC 90. Discovered in 1866 by Herman Schultz, there have been many arguments if this star exists or not. However, people have observed the star, and have confirmed that NGC 91 exists.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 91” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.