| NGC 701 | |
|---|---|
|   NGC 701 imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey  | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus | 
| Right ascension | 01h 51m 03.848s [1] | 
| Declination | −09° 42′ 09.32″ [1] | 
| Redshift | 0.00611±0.00002 [2] | 
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1831.13±5.10 [2] | 
| Distance | 85.6 Mly (26.25 Mpc) [3] | 
| Group or cluster | NGC 681 Group [4] | 
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBcd [3] | 
| Other designations | |
| AGC 410368, PGC 6826 [5] | |
NGC 701 is a spiral galaxy with a high star formation rate in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 86 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 65,000 light years. The object was discovered on January 10, 1785 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel. [6] [7] [8]
 Media related to  NGC 701  at Wikimedia Commons
  Media related to  NGC 701  at Wikimedia Commons