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NGC 790
NGC 790
	SDSS image of NGC 790
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	02h 01m 21.576s
Declination	−05° 22′ 15.77″
Redshift	0.017842
Heliocentric radial velocity	5301 km/s
Distance	232.3 Mly (71.22 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.5
Characteristics
Type	SA00(r)?
Other designations
	MCG -01-06-026, PGC 7677

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NGC 790 is a lenticular galaxy^[4] in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 233 million light-years from the Milky Way^[3] and has a diameter of approximately 90,000 light years. NGC 790 was discovered on September 10, 1785 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.^[5]^[6]

^ ^a ^b Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "NGC 790". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
^ ^a ^b Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201.
^ ^a ^b "Results for object NGC 0790 (NGC 790)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 790 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-22.

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