NGC 201

NGC 201
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 201
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00h 39m 34.820s[1]
Declination	00° 51′ 35.60″[1]
Redshift	0.014728 +/- 0.000062 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4415 +/- 19 km/s [1]
Galactocentric velocity	4505 +/- 19 km/s [1]
Distance	61.7 ± 4.3 kpc (201 ± 14 kly)h−1 0.73 [1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.8 [1]
Characteristics
Type	SAB(r)c [2]
Apparent size (V)	1.8' x 1.5' [2]
Other designations
PGC 2388, UGC 419, MCG +00-02-115, HCG 007C

NGC 201 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. It is one of the group members of HCG 7, with the other group members NGC 192, NGC 196, and NGC 197. It was discovered on December 28, 1790 by William Herschel.^[2]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 201: SN 2019yc (type IIb, mag. 16.7).^[3]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

Image gallery

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  NGC 201 (SDSS)
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  NGC 201 with nearby galaxies (SDSS)

References

External links

• Media related to NGC 201 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 201 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
• SEDS