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Spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 73 is an intermediate spiral galaxy estimated to be about 350 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift from the USA in 1886 and its apparent magnitude is 13.7.[5]
NGC 73 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 00h 18m 38.98029s[1] |
Declination | −15° 19′ 20.6128″[1] |
Redshift | 0.025785[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 7631 km/s[2] |
Distance | 289.4 Mly (88.72 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB(rs)bc:[4] |
Other designations | |
MCG -03-01-026, PGC 1211[2] |
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