NGC 911

Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
NGC 911
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 911
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension02h 25m 42.397s[1]
Declination+41° 57′ 22.59″[1]
Redshift0.01885[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity5598 km/s[2]
Distance257.9 Mly (79.07 Mpc)[3]
Group or clusterAbell 347[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.0[2]
Characteristics
TypeE[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 on 30 October 1878.[4][5][6] It is a member of the galaxy cluster Abell 347.[2]

See also

  • List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "NGC 911". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 911 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  5. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  6. ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 911". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  • Media related to NGC 911 at Wikimedia Commons
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