Galaxy · Fornax

NGC 922

Also known as ESO 478-028 · PGC 9172

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Fornax

Position (J2000)

2h 25m 04s · −24° 47′ 18″

Discovered

by William Herschel in 1784

Pictures

1

Magnitude

12

visual

Size

2.1′ × 1.8′

Distance

~140,000,000 ly

Best months

Oct–Dec

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.