NGC 904

NGC 904 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be 244 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 85,000 ly. NGC 904 was discovered on 13 December 1884 by the astronomer Edouard Stephan.^[5][6][7]

NGC 904
legacy surveys image of NGC 903 and NGC 904 (left)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Aries
Right ascension	02h 24m 05.546s[1]
Declination	+27° 20′ 32.97″[1]
Redshift	0.017956[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5335 km/s[2]
Distance	234.9 Mly (72.02 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.98[4]
Characteristics
Type	cE[4]
Other designations
UGC 1852, MCG +04-06-024, PGC 9112[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)