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barred spiral galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
01 51 03.848
Declination
−09 ° 42 ′ 09.32 ″
Redshift
0.006 11 ± 0.000 02
Heliocentric radial velocity
1 831 .13 ± 5.10
Distance
85.6 Mly (26.25 Mpc )
Group or cluster
NGC 681 Group
Type
SBcd

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
19
Image
NGC 701 imaged by Legacy Surveys.jpg
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radial velocity
1899
time of discovery or invention
1785-01-10
redshift
0.006101
galaxy morphological type
SBcd
apparent magnitude
11.947
right ascension
27.7660333
catalog code
LEDA 6826
declination
-9.7025889
Commons category
NGC 701

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Article

NGC 701 is a spiral galaxy with a high star formation rate in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 86 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 65,000 light years. The object was discovered on January 10, 1785 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.

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