NGC 906 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky. It is estimated to be 215 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 110,000 ly. NGC 906 was discovered on October 30, 1878 by astronomer Édouard Stephan.[5][6]
| NGC 906 | |
|---|---|
 Pan-STARRS image of NGC 906 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 02h 25m 16.255s[1] |
| Declination | 42° 05′ 23.48″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.01561[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 4643 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 207.5 Mly (63.62 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.71[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.76[2] |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | −21.0[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBab[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1868, MCG 07-06-012, PGC 9188[2] | |
See also
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edit- ^ 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 18913331.1163-1183&rft.date=2006-02-01&rft_id=info:doi/10.1086/498708&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:18913331#id-name=S2CID&rft.issn=0004-6256&rft_id=info:bibcode/2006AJ....131.1163S&rft.aulast=Skrutskie&rft.aufirst=Michael F.&rft.au=Cutri, Roc M.&rft.au=Stiening, Rae&rft.au=Weinberg, Martin D.&rft.au=Schneider, Stephen E.&rft.au=Carpenter, John M.&rft.au=Beichman, Charles A.&rft.au=Capps, Richard W.&rft.au=Chester, Thomas&rft.au=Elias, Jonathan H.&rft.au=Huchra, John P.&rft.au=Liebert, James W.&rft.au=Lonsdale, Carol J.&rft.au=Monet, David G.&rft.au=Price, Stephan&rft.au=Seitzer, Patrick&rft.au=Jarrett, Thomas H.&rft.au=Kirkpatrick, J. Davy&rft.au=Gizis, John E.&rft.au=Howard, Elizabeth V.&rft.au=Evans, Tracey E.&rft.au=Fowler, John W.&rft.au=Fullmer, Linda&rft.au=Hurt, Robert L.&rft.au=Light, Robert M.&rft.au=Kopan, Eugene L.&rft.au=Marsh, Kenneth A.&rft.au=McCallon, Howard L.&rft.au=Tam, Robert&rft.au=Van Dyk, Schuyler D.&rft.au=Wheelock, Sherry L.&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1086%2F498708&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:NGC 906" class="Z3988">
- ^ a b c d "NGC 906". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ 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 11672751.790-813&rft.date=2007&rft_id=info:arxiv/astro-ph/0610732&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:11672751#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1086/510201&rft_id=info:bibcode/2007ApJ...655..790C&rft.au=Crook, Aidan C.&rft.au=Huchra, John P.&rft.au=Martimbeau, Nathalie&rft.au=Masters, Karen L.&rft.au=Jarrett, Tom&rft.au=Macri, Lucas M.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:NGC 906" class="Z3988">
- ^ a b c "Results for object NGC 0906 (NGC 906)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 906 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 906". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
External links
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