NGC 890

NGC 890 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Triangulum. It is estimated to be 180 million light-years from the Milky Way[3] and has a diameter of approximately 130,000 ly. NGC 890 was discovered on September 13, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel.[4][5]

NGC 890
DSS image of NGC 890
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Triangulum
Right ascension	02^h 22^m 01.008^s[1]
Declination	+33° 15′ 57.94″[1]
Redshift	0.0138[2]
Helio radial velocity	4108 km/s[2]
Distance	180.2 ± 12.7 Mly (55.24 ± 3.88 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.05[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.5[2]
Absolute magnitude (V)	−21.7[3]
Characteristics
Type	SAB0^−(r)?[3]
Other designations
UGC 1823, MCG+05-06-030, PGC 8997[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
2. "NGC 890". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
3. "Results for object NGC 0890 (NGC 890)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
4. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 890". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
5. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 890 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.