NGC 95
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| NGC 95 | |
|---|---|
| File:NGC95 - SDSS DR14.jpg SDSS image of NGC 95 | |
| 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. | |
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.
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[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- NGC 95 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
