NGC 895

NGC 895 is an unbarred 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]

NGC 895
NGC 895 imaged by the Dark Energy Survey
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]
Size	85,500 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]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)