NGC 94 | |
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SDSS image of NGC 94 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 00h 22m 13.516s[1] |
Declination | +22° 28′ 59.22″[1] |
Redshift | 0.019604[2] |
Helio radial velocity | 5877[2] |
Distance | 260 Mly (80 Mpc)[2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.6[3] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S0[4] |
Size | 50,000 ly (15,000 pc)[4] |
Apparent size (V) | 0.45′ × 0.4′[4] |
Other designations | |
PGC 1423[3] |
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]
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC 94.
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