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NGC 790

galaxy

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It sits within the topics Cetus, Lenticular galaxies and NGC objects.

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Key facts

Constellation: Cetus
Right ascension: 02 01 21.576
Declination: −05 ° 22 ′ 15.77 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 5301 km/s
Distance: 232.3 Mly (71.22 Mpc )
Type: SA0 (r)?

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: lenticular galaxy
Constellation: Cetus
Distance from Earth: 71.22
Image: NGC 0790 SDSS.jpg

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time of discovery or invention: 1785-09-10
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
catalog code: LEDA 7677
redshift: 0.017842
galaxy morphological type: S0
apparent magnitude: 9.761
Commons category: NGC 790
right ascension: 30.3399000
declination: -5.3710472
radial velocity: 5301
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 790 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 233 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 90,000 light years. NGC 790 was discovered on September 10, 1785 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.