NGC 1701
| Galaxy NGC 1701 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Digger |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 55 m 51.1 s |
| declination | -29 ° 53 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SA (r) b? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 137 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019467 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 5836 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(254 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.8 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 6, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1701 • PGC 16352 • ESO 422-011 • MCG -05-12-010 • IRAS 4539-2957 • 2MASX J04555112-2953002 • SGC 045354-2957.7 • GALEX ASC J045551.14-295301.9 | |
NGC 1701 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Gravestones in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 254 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years across .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 6, 1834 .