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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
EmG
Redshift
z = 0.01461
Morphology
SAB
Coordinates
RA 9.8952° · Dec 0.8600°
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Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
00 39 34.820
Declination
00 ° 51 ′ 35.60 ″
Redshift
0.014728 ± 0.000062
Heliocentric radial velocity
4415 ± 19 km/s
Galactocentric velocity
4505 ± 19 km/s
Distance
61.7 ± 4.3 kpc (201 ± 14 kly ) h , 0.73
Type
SAB(r)c
Size
163,230 ly (50.07 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.8' x 1.5'

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
59.04
Image
NGC 201 HST 10787 21 R814G606B435.png
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Commons category
NGC 201
catalog code
Gaia DR2 2543386242922317312
time of discovery or invention
1790-12-28
radial velocity
4522
apparent magnitude
12.295
galaxy morphological type
5
right ascension
9.89520256771970
declination
0.85996720687390
redshift
0.014640
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 201 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. It is one of the group members of HCG 7, with the other group members NGC 192, NGC 196, and NGC 197. It was discovered on December 28, 1790 by William Herschel.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 201: SN 2019yc (Type IIb, mag. 16.7) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 22 January 2019.

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