Q773374
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pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Cetus
Key facts
- 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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- Image
- 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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