NGC 920

NGC 920
SDSS image of NGC 920
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension02h 27m 51.794s[1]
Declination+45° 56′ 49.58″[1]
Redshift0.020886[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity6196 km/s[2]
Distance288.4 ± 20.2 Mly (88.43 ± 6.20 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.6[2]
Characteristics
Type(R')SB(s)ab[3]
Other designations
UGC 1920, MCG +08-05-011, PGC 9377[2]

NGC 920 is a barred spiral galaxy[2] in the Andromeda constellation. The celestial object was discovered on September 11, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. ^ a b c d e "NGC 920". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  3. ^ a b "Results for object NGC 0920 (NGC 920)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  4. ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 920 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  5. ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 920". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
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