NGC 2906
NGC 2906 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Leo. It is located at a distance of circa 120 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 2906 is about 75,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 28, 1785.

The galaxy is characterised by a normal star formation rate, which has been calculated to be 0.8 per year. The total mass of the galaxy is estimated to be . A total of 241 HII regions have been identified in the galaxy. 

One supernova has been observed in NGC 2906, SN 2005ip. The supernova was discovered by T. Boles on November 6, 2005, with a 0.35m refractor, with an estimated apparent magnitude 15.5 and was identified as a type II supernova, probably within a few weeks past explosion. As the supernova declined in brightness, it reached a plateau that lasted for a bit more than two years and its spectrum became dominated by narrow lines (IIn), an unusual feature of supernovae, that was attributed to the interaction of the supernova with dust located around it. It is also possible that the supernova created dust.

NGC 2906 is member of a group of galaxies, the NGC 2894 group. Other galaxies identified as members of the cluster are NGC 2882, NGC 2894, and IC 450.
Q2488
spiral galaxy
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Q8853
Leo
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Q531
light year
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Q14277
William Herschel
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Q16744
star formation
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Q11282
HII region
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Q3937
supernova
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None
SN 2005ip
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Q1049029
type II supernova
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Q654182
spectrum
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Q1491746
group of galaxies
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None
NGC 2882
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None
NGC 2894
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Q1559365
NGC 2906
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Q1559365
NGC 2906
CEL
Q1559365
NGC 2906
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Q1559365
NGC 2906
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2906-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2906
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2906-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2906
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1785-12-28T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
December 28, 1785
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2906-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2906
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2005-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2005
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2005-11-06T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
November 6, 2005
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2906-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2906
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2894-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2894
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2882-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2882
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2894-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2894
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0.35
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15.5
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constellation
discoverer or inventor
time of discovery or invention