NGC 990

NGC 990 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Aries about 153 million light-years from the Milky Way.^[3] It was discovered by the German - British astronomer William Herschel in 1786.^[5][6]

NGC 990
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 990
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Aries
Right ascension	02h 36m 18.206s[1]
Declination	+11° 38′ 31.57″[1]
Redshift	0.011701[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	3487 km/s[2]
Distance	153.0 Mly (46.90 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.46[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.49[4]
Characteristics
Type	E[2]
Other designations
UGC 2089, MCG +02-07-018, PGC 9890[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)