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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Redshift
z = 0.005876989667634502
Morphology
Sa
Coordinates
RA 27.2951° · Dec -10.4263°
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Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
01 49 10.829
Declination
−10 ° 25 ′ 35.13 ″
Redshift
0.00587 ± 0.00002
Heliocentric radial velocity
1760.4 ± 6.6 km/s
Distance
~66.5 million ly (20.39 ± 1.45 Mpc )
Group or cluster
MCG -02-05-053 Group (LGG 33)
Type
SAB(s)ab
Mass
1.9 × 10 M ☉
Mass light ratio
3.6 M ☉ / L ☉
Size
~29.07 kpc (diameter)
Apparent size v
2.70 × 1.8 arcmin

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
galaxy
Constellation
Cetus
Distance from Earth
23.45
Image
NGC 0681 SDSS.jpg
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catalog code
LEDA 6671
time of discovery or invention
1785-11-28
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
redshift
0.005821
apparent magnitude
8.652
galaxy morphological type
Sa
Commons category
NGC 681
right ascension
27.29505773937390
declination
-10.42633715247790
radial velocity
1820
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 681 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, located approximately 66.5 million light-years from Earth.

NGC 681 is a member of the MCG -02-05-053 group (also known as LGG 33), which contains four galaxies, including NGC 701 and IC 1738 [fr].

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 681” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.