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.