NGC 201
Spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
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.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 201: SN 2019yc (Type IIb, mag. 16.7) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 22 January 2019.
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- NGC 201 HST 10787 21 R814G606B435.png by ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Luca Limatola, CC BY 4.0
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