NGC 2903

NGC 2903 is a field[3] barred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel who cataloged it on November 16, 1784. NGC 2903 has a very high rate of star formation in its central region. NGC 2905 is a bright star cloud within this galaxy.[2]

NGC 2903
An ultraviolet image of NGC 2903 taken with GALEX.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension 09h 32m 10.1s[1]
Declination+21° 30′ 03″[1]
Redshift556 ± 1 km/s[1]
Distance30.6 ± 4.6 Mly
(9.4 ± 1.4 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)8.8[1]
Characteristics
TypeSB(s)d[1]
Size100,000 ly (diameter)
Apparent size (V)12′.6 × 6′.0[1]
Other designations
UGC 5079,[1] PGC 27077[1]

NGC 2903 is part of the Virgo Supercluster.[4]

  • NGC 2903 taken by Hubble.[5][6]
  • NGC 2903 spiral galaxy using 32 inch Schulman telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona.

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 2903. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
  2. "Distance Results for NGC 0026". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  3. Materne, J. (April 1979). "The structure of nearby groups of galaxies - Quantitative membership probabilities". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 74 (2): 235–243. Bibcode:1979A&A....74..235M.
  4. "Nearby Groups of Galaxies". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  5. "Iconic". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  6. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (3 May 2019). "Hubble spots a stunning spiral galaxy". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 4 May 2019.


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