NGC 920

NGC 920
SDSS image of NGC 920
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	02h 27m 51.794s [1]
Declination	+45° 56′ 49.58″ [1]
Redshift	0.020886 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	6196 km/s [2]
Distance	288.4 ± 20.2  Mly (88.43 ± 6.20  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)	15.6 [2]
Characteristics
Type	(R')SB(s)ab [3]
Other designations
UGC 1920, MCG +08-05-011, PGC 9377 [2]

NGC 920 is a barred spiral galaxy ^[2] in the Andromeda constellation. The celestial object was discovered on September 11, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift. ^{[4] [5]}

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. 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. "NGC 920". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-05-28.
3. "Results for object NGC 0920 (NGC 920)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 920 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 920". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-01-30.

External links

• Media related to NGC 920 at Wikimedia Commons