| NGC 911 | |
|---|---|
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 911 | |
| Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 02h 25m 42.397s [1] |
| Declination | +41° 57′ 22.59″ [1] |
| Redshift | 0.01885 [2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5598 km/s [2] |
| Distance | 257.9 Mly (79.07 Mpc) [3] |
| Group or cluster | Abell 347 [2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.0 [2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E [2] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1878, MCG +07-06-016, PGC 9221 [2] | |
NGC 911 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda about 258 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1878. [4] [5] [6] It is a member of the galaxy cluster Abell 347. [2]
See also
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 d e f g "NGC 911". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv: 1605.01765. Bibcode: 2016AJ....152...50T. doi: 10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 911 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 911". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
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