Right ascension 09 32 10.1 Redshift 556 ± 1 km/s Apparent size (V) 12′.6 × 6′.0 | Declination +21° 30′ 03″ Type SB(s)d Magnitude 9.7 Apparent magnitude (V) 9.7 | |
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Distance 30.6 ± 4.6 Mly(9.4 ± 1.4 Mpc) Similar William Herschel discoveries, Other celestial objects | ||
Ngc 2903
NGC 2903 is a field barred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel who cataloged it on November 16, 1784. NGC 2905 is a bright star cloud within this galaxy. NGC 2903 has a very high speed of creating new stars in the central region.
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Ngc 2903 barred spiral galaxy 90x thru image intensifier in real time
References
NGC 2903 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA