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

| ra = {{RA|00|22|13.6}}

| dec = {{DEC|+10|29|30}}

| 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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