Key facts
- Constellation
- Aries
- Right ascension
- 01 50 58.50
- Declination
- +21 ° 59 ′ 51.00 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 2950 ± 4 km/s
- Distance
- 136 M ly
- Type
- S0
- Apparent size v
- 0.6 x 0.4
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 694 is a spiral galaxy approximately 136 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Aries. It was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on December 2, 1861 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.
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