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NGC 96

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Short description: Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
NGC 96
SDSS image of NGC 96
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension 00h 22m 17.697s[1]
Declination+22° 32′ 46.24″[1]
Redshift0.020631[2]
Helio radial velocity6185[2]
Distance290 Mly (89 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)17[4]
Characteristics
TypeS0[4]
Size39,400 ly (12,090 pc)[2]
Apparent size (V)0.5′ × 0.5′[2]
Other designations
MCG+04-02-014, PGC 1429[4]

NGC 96 is a lenticular galaxy estimated to be about 290 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan in 1884 and its apparent magnitude is 17.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006AJ....131.1163S/abstract. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NED results for object NGC 0096". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+96&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#96. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "NGC 96". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+96. 



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