NGC 995

NGC 995
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 995
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	02^h 38^m 32.05009^s[1]
Declination	+41° 31′ 45.3471″[1]
Redshift	0.01339[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	3987 km/s[2]
Distance	177.7 Mly (54.49 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.9[2]
Characteristics
Type	S0[2]
Other designations
UGC 2118, MCG +07-06-044, PGC 10008[2]

NGC 995 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda about 178 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 8 December 1871.[4][5]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
2. "NGC 995". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
3. Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 995 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
5. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-28.