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elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus

Wikidata facts

Constellation
Cetus
Distance from Earth
77
Image
NGC 0707 SDSS.jpg
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discoverer or inventor
Wilhelm Tempel
time of discovery or invention
1879-11-13
catalog code
LEDA 6861
apparent magnitude
12.701
galaxy morphological type
-3
Commons category
NGC 707
right ascension
27.8628625
declination
-8.5053694
radial velocity
5330
redshift
0.01795
epoch
J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 707 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 246 million light-years away from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the astronomer Wilhelm Tempel on November 13, 1879.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 707” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.