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Galaxy in the constellation Cetus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 66 is a barred spiral galaxy discovered by Frank Muller in 1886, and is located in the Cetus constellation.[5]
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NGC 66 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 00h 19m 04.94039s[1] |
Declination | −22° 56′ 10.8306″[1] |
Redshift | 0.025368[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 7509 km/s[2] |
Distance | 286.69 ± 0.65 Mly (87.90 ± 0.20 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.21[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(r)b pec[4] |
Other designations | |
MCG -04-02-002, PGC 1236[2] |
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