NGC 95 explained

NGC 95
Upright:1.35
Epoch:J2000
Constellation Name:Pisces
Z:0.017946[1]
Dist Ly:250 Mly
[2]
Type:SAB(rs)c?pec
Appmag V:12.5 mag
Names:UGC 214, PGC 1426, GC 47.

NGC 95 is a spiral galaxy located in the Pisces constellation. It was discovered by English astronomer John Fredrick William Herschel on October 18, 1784. The galaxy has several blue spiral arms surrounding a bright yellow nucleus, and is approximately 120,000 light years in diameter, making it only slightly larger than the Milky Way.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for NGC 0095 . 2015-08-18.
  2. Web site: Celestial Atlas . Cseligman . 2015-08-18.