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NGC 94

galaxy pair in the constellation Andromeda

Key facts

Constellation: Andromeda
Right ascension: 00 22 13.516
Declination: +22 ° 28 ′ 59.22 ″
Distance: 260 Mly (80 Mpc )
Type: S0
Size: 50,000 ly (15,000 pc )
Apparent size v: 0.45 ′ × 0.4 ′

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NGC 94 (PGC 1423) is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan in 1884. This object is extremely faint and small. A little above the galaxy is NGC 96. NGC 94 is about 260 million light-years away and 50,000 light-years across.

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