NGC 93
{{Short description|Spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda}}
{{Infobox galaxy
| name = NGC 93
| image = N90s.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = NGC 93 (top right) and its spiral companion to the left, NGC 90
| credit = Mount Lemmon SkyCenter using the 0.8m Schulman Telescope
| epoch = J2000
| constellation name = Andromeda
| z = 0.017946{{cite web
|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+93&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES
|title=NED results for object NGC 0093
|access-date=26 November 2016
|publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
|date=2008 }}
| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|5380 ± 10 km/s}}
| dist_ly = 259.7 ± 68.1 Mly
{{nowrap|(79.633 ± 20.875 Mpc)}}
| notes =
| names = UGC 209, MCG+04-02-012,PGC 1412
}}
NGC 93 is an interacting spiral galaxy estimated to be about 260 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by R. J. Mitchell in 1854.{{Cite web|url = http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#93|title = NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99}} The galaxy is currently interacting with NGC 90 and has some signs of interacting with it.
NGC 93 and NGC 90 form the interacting galaxy pair Arp 65.
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{{Catalogs | NGC = 93 | PGC = 1412|UGC=209}}
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{{Andromeda (constellation)}}
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