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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Aquarius
Right ascension
22 30 34
Declination
−17 ° 34 ′ 24 ″
Distance
308 Mly
Type
SB(s)ab pec
Apparent size v
1' x 30

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 7301 is a barred spiral galaxy located around 308,000,000 light-years (94,000,000 pc) away from Earth in the constellation Aquarius. It was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth In 1886.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 7301” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.