NGC 701
| Galaxy NGC 701 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 51 m 03.8 s |
| declination | -09 ° 42 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) c / HII / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 681 group LGG 33 |
| Redshift | 0.006108 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1831 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(83 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (25.3 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 701 • PGC 6826 • MCG -02-05-060 • IRAS 01485-0957 • 2MASX J01510384-0942093 • GC 418 • H I 62 • h 160/2442 • HIPASS J0151-09 LDCE • 112 • NED002 HOLM 47A | |
NGC 701 is an active bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SBc with a high rate of star formation in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 83 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 681 and IC 1738 .
The type IIP supernova SN 2004fc was observed here.
The object was discovered on January 10, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 701 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 701. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed September 19, 2015 .