NGC 201

NGC 201
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 201
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Right ascension 00h 39m 34.820s[1]
Declination 00° 51′ 35.60″[1]
Redshift 0.014728 +/- 0.000062 [1]
Helio radial velocity 4415 +/- 19 km/s [1]
Galactocentric velocity 4505 +/- 19 km/s [1]
Distance (comoving) 61.7 ± 4.3 kpc (201 ± 14 kly)h−1
0.73 [1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 13.8g [1]
Characteristics
Type SAB(r)c [2]
Apparent size (V) 1.8' x 1.5' [2]
Other designations
UGC 419, MCG +00-02-115, HCG 007C

NGC 201 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. It is one of the group members of HCG 7, with the other group members NGC 192, NGC 196, and NGC 197. It was discovered on December 28, 1790 by William Herschel.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 526. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  2. 1 2 "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 500-549". Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  3. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 200 - 249". Cseligman. Retrieved September 10, 2016.

Coordinates: 00h 39m 34.82s, 00° 51′ 35.60″

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