NGC 990
Galaxy located in the constellation Aries
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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] | |
