NGC 704

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NGC 704
NGC 704 PanS.jpg
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 704
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 01h 52m 37.8s [1]
Declination 36° 07 32 [1]
Redshift 0.015778 [1]
Helio radial velocity 4730 km/s [1]
Distance 220  Mly (67  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster Abell 262
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.1 [1]
Characteristics
Type E/S0 [2]
Size~39,000  ly (12  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)0.1 x 0.6 [1]
Other designations
UGC 01343, PGC 006953, MCG +06-05-028 [1]

NGC 704 is a lenticular galaxy [3] [4] located 220 million light-years away [5] in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on September 21, 1786 [3] and is also a member of Abell 262. [6] [7] [8]

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