NGC 95
{{Short description|Spiral Galaxy n the constellation Pisces}}
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{{Infobox galaxy
| name = NGC 95
| image = 250px
| upright = 1.35
| alt = NGC 95
| caption = SDSS image of NGC 95
| epoch = J2000
| constellation name = Pisces
| z = 0.017946{{cite web
|title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
|work=Results for NGC 0095
|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+95&img_stamp=yes&extend=no
|access-date=2015-08-18}}
| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|5380 km/s}}
| dist_ly = 250 Mly
{{cite web
|title=Celestial Atlas
|work=Cseligman
|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#95
|access-date=2015-08-18}}
| type = SAB(rs)c?pec
| appmag_v = 12.5 mag
| notes =
| names = UGC 214, PGC 1426, GC 47.
}}
NGC 95 is a spiral galaxy located in the Pisces constellation. It was discovered by English astronomer John Fredrick William Herschel on October 18, 1784. The galaxy has several blue spiral arms surrounding a bright yellow nucleus, and is approximately 120,000 light years in diameter, making it only slightly larger than the Milky Way.
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{{Catalogs|NGC=95|PGC=1426|UGC=214|GC=47|CGCG=434-3}}
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Category:Intermediate spiral galaxies
Category:Pisces (constellation)