NGC 906

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 906

| image = 250px

| caption = Pan-STARRS image of NGC 906

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Andromeda

| ra = {{RA|02|25|16.255}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}

| dec = {{DEC|+42|05|23.48}}

| z = 0.01561

| h_radial_v = 4643 km/s

| dist_ly = {{cvt|63.62|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite journal|title=Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey|author1=Crook, Aidan C.|author2=Huchra, John P.|author3=Martimbeau, Nathalie|author4=Masters, Karen L.|author5=Jarrett, Tom|author6=Macri, Lucas M.|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=655|issue=2|pages=790–813|date=2007|bibcode=2007ApJ...655..790C|doi=10.1086/510201|arxiv=astro-ph/0610732|s2cid=11672751}}

| group_cluster =

| type = SBab{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20906&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 0906 (NGC 906)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|access-date=2020-05-25}}

| size =

| appmag_v = 12.71

| appmag_b = 13.76

| absmag_v = −21.0

| size_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|UGC=1868|MCG=+07-06-012|PGC=9188}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 906|access-date=2020-05-25}}

}}

NGC 906 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky. It is estimated to be 215 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 110,000 ly. NGC 906 was discovered on October 30, 1878 by astronomer Édouard Stephan.{{Cite web|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=934|title=The galaxy NGC 906 - In-The-Sky.org|last=Ford|first=Dominic|website=in-the-sky.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC%20906|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 906|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2020-03-23}}