2903

This number is a prime.

+ NGC 2903 is a Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Constellation Leo found by William Herschel, which was missed by Charles Messier. [Goins]

+ The smallest prime that begins the sequence of six primes differing by 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, i.e., 2903, 2909, 2917, 2927, 2939, 2953. [Loungrides]

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