NGC 906

NGC 906 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky. It is estimated to be 215 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 110,000 ly. NGC 906 was discovered on October 30, 1878 by astronomer Édouard Stephan.^[5][6]

NGC 906
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 906
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	02h 25m 16.255s[1]
Declination	+42° 05′ 23.48″[1]
Redshift	0.01561[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4643 km/s[2]
Distance	207.5 Mly (63.62 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.71[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.76[2]
Absolute magnitude (V)	−21.0[4]
Characteristics
Type	SBab[4]
Other designations
UGC 1868, MCG +07-06-012, PGC 9188[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)