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NGC 66
DECam image of NGC 66
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
00h 19m 04.94039s[1]
Declination
−22° 56′ 10.8306″[1]
Redshift
0.025368[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity
7509 km/s[2]
Distance
286.69 ± 0.65 Mly (87.90 ± 0.20 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)
14.21[2]
Characteristics
Type
SB(r)b pec[4]
Other designations
MCG -04-02-002, PGC 1236[2]
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NGC 66 is a barred spiral galaxy discovered by Frank Muller in 1886, and is located in the Cetus constellation.[5]
PanSTARRS view of NGC 66 and NGC 65
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^ abcd"NGC 66". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
^Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 86. arXiv:1307.7213. Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. S2CID 118494842.
^"Results for object NGC 0066 (NGC 66)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
^"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2015-10-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) The NGC/IC Public Database, Accessed 4 Apr 2014
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