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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
G
Redshift
z = 0.034988
Coordinates
RA 28.1479° · Dec -16.5178°
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Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
01 52 35.49
Declination
−16 ° 31 ′ 04.1 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
10387 ± 7 km/s
Distance
450 M ly
Type
Sc
Apparent size v
0.7 x 0.6

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 725 is a spiral galaxy approximately 450 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on November 9, 1885 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory.

NGC 725 (SDSS)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 725” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.