| NGC 920 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 920 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 02 27 51.794 |
| Declination | +45° 56′ 49.58″ |
| Redshift | 0.020886 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 6196 km/s |
| Distance | 288.4 ± 20.2 Mly (88.43 ± 6.20 Mpc) |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.6 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | (R')SB(s)ab |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1920, MCG +08-05-011, PGC 9377 | |
NGC 920 is a barred spiral galaxy in the Andromeda constellation. The celestial object was discovered on September 11, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NGC 920". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ "Results for object NGC 0920 (NGC 920)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 920 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- "Revised NGC Data for NGC 920". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
External links
Media related to NGC 920 at Wikimedia Commons
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