Loading AI tools
Galaxy in the constellation Cetus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 701 is a spiral galaxy with a high star formation rate in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 86 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 65,000 light years. The object was discovered on January 10, 1785 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.[6][7][8]
NGC 701 | |
---|---|
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 01h 51m 03.848s[1] |
Declination | −09° 42′ 09.32″[1] |
Redshift | 0.00611±0.00002[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1831.13±5.10[2] |
Distance | 85.6 Mly (26.25 Mpc)[3] |
Group or cluster | NGC 681 Group[4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SBcd[3] |
Other designations | |
AGC 410368, PGC 6826[5] |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.