NGC 61
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pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Cetus
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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 61 is referenced by 952 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and NGC 47.
It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1785, Cetus and Discoveries by William Herschel.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- -00 16 24.34
- Declination
- −06 ° 19 ′ 18.9 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 7,946 ± 27 km/s
- Type
- S0 pec:
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Has part
- NGC 61A
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Image
- NGC 0061 SDSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- NGC 61
- apparent magnitude
- 15
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-09-10
- right ascension
- 4.10125
- declination
- -6.31889
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 61
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 61 is a pair of lenticular galaxies, NGC 61-A (or NGC 61-1) and NGC 61-B (or NGC 61-2) in the constellation Cetus. Both were discovered on September 10, 1785, by William Herschel.
References
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