Astronomy:NGC 903

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Short description: Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Aries
NGC 903
legacy surveys image of NGC 903 (right) and NGC 904
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAries
Right ascension 02h 24m 00.89555s[1]
Declination+27° 21′ 23.1264″[1]
Redshift0.01682[2]
Helio radial velocity5000 km/s[2]
Distance231.0 ± 16.2 Mly (70.83 ± 4.97 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)16.71[4]
Other designations
PGC 9097[2]

NGC 903 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be about 230 million light-years from the Milky Way[3] and has a diameter of approximately 35,000 ly. NGC 903 was discovered on 13 December 1884 by the astronomer Edouard Stephan.[5][6]

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