NGC 95 is a spiral galaxy located in the Pisces constellation. It was discovered by English astronomer John Fredrick William Herschel on October 18, 1784. The galaxy has several blue spiral arms surrounding a bright yellow nucleus, and is approximately 120,000 light years in diameter, making it only slightly larger than the Milky Way.
NGC 95 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Pisces |
Right ascension | 00h 22m 13.6s[1] |
Declination | +10° 29′ 30″[1] |
Redshift | 0.017946[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5380 km/s[1] |
Distance | 250 Mly [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.5 mag |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB(rs)c?pec |
Other designations | |
UGC 214, PGC 1426, GC 47. |
References
External links
- Media related to NGC 95 at Wikimedia Commons
- NGC 95 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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