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Also known as New General Catalogue 61

pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Cetus

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Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
-00 16 24.34
Declination
−06 ° 19 ′ 18.9 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
7,946 ± 27 km/s
Type
S0 pec:

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NGC 0061 SDSS.jpg
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catalog code
NGC 61
apparent magnitude
15
time of discovery or invention
1785-09-10
right ascension
4.10125
declination
-6.31889
Commons category
NGC 61
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NGC 61 is a pair of lenticular galaxies, NGC 61-A (or NGC 61-1) and NGC 61-B (or NGC 61-2) in the constellation Cetus. Both were discovered on September 10, 1785, by William Herschel.

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