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

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 201. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 200-249". Retrieved 2015-09-04.
^ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2019yc. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

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