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Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
NGC 96 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 00h 22m 17.697s[1] |
Declination | +22° 32′ 46.24″[1] |
Redshift | 0.020631[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 6185[2] |
Distance | 290 Mly (89 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 17[4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S0[4] |
Size | 39,400 ly (12,090 pc)[2] |
Apparent size (V) | 0.5′ × 0.5′[2] |
Other designations | |
MCG+04-02-014, PGC 1429[4] |
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