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
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 890
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Triangulum
Right ascension	02h 22m 01.008s[1]
Declination	+33° 15′ 57.94″[1]
Redshift	0.0138[2]
Heliocentric 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)