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NGC 97
Sign in to saveAlso known as New General Catalogue 96, UGC 216, MCG 5-2-7, ZWG 500.9, PGC 1442
elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 00 22 29.988
- Declination
- +29 ° 44 ′ 43.34 ″
- Distance
- 231.41 ± 13.61 Mly (70.950 ± 4.172 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- NGC 108 group (LGG 5)
- Type
- E?
- Size
- 104,200 ly (31,960 pc )
- Apparent size v
- 1.548 ′ (major axis)
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 97 is an elliptical galaxy estimated to be about 230 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by John Herschel on 16 September 1828, and its apparent magnitude is 13.5.
NGC 108 Group
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 97” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.