NGC 895

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NGC 895
NGC895 - SDSS DR14.png
A Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) image of NGC 895
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 02h 21m 36.20s [1]
Declination −5° 31 13.00 [1]
Redshift 0.007635±0.000017 [2]
Distance 98 Mly (30.15 Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)11.73 [1]
Characteristics
Type SA(s)cd [2]
Size85,500 ly
Apparent size  (V)3.236′ × 2.188′ [1]
Other designations
PGC 8974, [2] AGC 420070, [2] GSC 04697-01007, [2] MCG-01-07-002, [2] LEDA 8974 [2]

NGC 895 is a spiral galaxy located around 98 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. [3] [2] NGC 895 was discovered November 28, 1856 by R. J. Mitchell. [4] NGC 895 is not known to have much star-formation, and is not known to have an active galactic nuclei. [2] [1]

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