NGC 94

NGC 94
NGC 94
	SDSS image of NGC 94
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	00h 22m 13.516s
Declination	+22° 28′ 59.22″
Redshift	0.019604
Heliocentric radial velocity	5877
Distance	260 Mly (80 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)	15.6
Characteristics
Type	S0
Size	50,000 ly (15,000 pc)
Apparent size (V)	0.45′ × 0.4′
Other designations
	PGC 1423

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.^[4]

References

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "NED results for object NGC 0094". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b "NGC 94". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Seligman, Courtney. "Celestial Atlas NGC Objects: NGC 77". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

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PGC	PGC 1419 PGC 1420 PGC 1421 PGC 1422 PGC 1423 PGC 1424 PGC 1425 PGC 1426 PGC 1427