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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
G
Distance
8,382 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.0226
Coordinates
RA 14.0765° · Dec -10.6739°
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Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
00 56 18.3
Declination
−10 ° 40 ′ 26 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
6,795 km/s
Distance
304 Mly
Type
Sa
Apparent size v
0.69' × 0.58'

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 301 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 204 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1886 by Frank Muller.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 301” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.