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Key facts

Constellation
Andromeda
Right ascension
01 52 16.8
Declination
36 ° 02 ′ 12 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
4576 km/s
Distance
200 Mly (60 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Abell 262
Type
S0?
Size
~55,000 ly (17 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
0.9 x 0.7

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Wikidata facts

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NGC 0700 DSS.jpg
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radial velocity
4596
catalog code
LEDA 6924
galaxy morphological type
S0
time of discovery or invention
1850-10-28
redshift
0.014727
apparent magnitude
11.229
Commons category
NGC 700
right ascension
28.0529167
declination
36.0972944

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NGC 700 is a lenticular galaxy located 200 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. NGC 700 was discovered by astronomer Bindon Stoney on October 28, 1850. It is also a member of Abell 262.

The galaxy PGC 6924 is often misidentified as NGC 700.

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