NGC 906

NGC 906
NGC 906
	Pan-STARRSimage of NGC 906
Observation data (J2000epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	02h25m16.255s
Declination	+42° 05′ 23.48″
Redshift	0.01561
Heliocentric radial velocity	4643 km/s
Distance	207.5Mly(63.62Mpc)
Apparent magnitude(V)	12.71
Apparent magnitude(B)	13.76
Absolute magnitude(V)	−21.0
Characteristics
Type	SBab
Other designations
	UGC1868,MCG+07-06-012,PGC9188

NGC 906is abarred spiral galaxyin theconstellation Andromedain the northern sky. It is estimated to be 215 millionlight yearsfrom theMilky Wayand has adiameterof approximately 110,000 ly. NGC 906 was discovered on October 30, 1878 byastronomer Édouard Stephan.^[5]^[6]

References

^^a ^bSkrutskie, 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.
^^a ^b ^c ^d"NGC 906".SIMBAD.Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.Retrieved2020-05-25.
^Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey".The Astrophysical Journal.655(2): 790–813.arXiv:astro-ph/0610732.Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C.doi:10.1086/510201.S2CID 11672751.
^^a ^b ^c"Results for object NGC 0906 (NGC 906)".NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database.California Institute of Technology.Retrieved2020-05-25.
^Ford, Dominic."The galaxy NGC 906 - In-The-Sky.org".in-the-sky.org.Retrieved2020-03-23.
^"Revised NGC Data for NGC 906".spider.seds.org.Retrieved2020-03-23.

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