NGC 901

NGC 901 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be 441 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 50,000 ly. NGC 901 was discovered on September 5, 1864, by Albert Marth.^[3][4]

NGC 901
SDSS image of NGC 901
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Aries
Right ascension	02h 23m 34.09s[1]
Declination	+26° 33′ 25.4″[1]
Redshift	0.0326[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	9774 km/s[1]
Distance	458.6 ± 32.1 Mly (140.60 ± 9.85 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)	15.66[2]
Characteristics
Type	E[2]
Other designations
PGC 212967[1]