NGC 706

NGC 706 is a spiral galaxy located in the Pisces constellation about 230 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the German–British astronomer William Herschel in 1786.^[4][5][6]

NGC 706
SDSS image of NGC 706
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	01h 51m 50.529s[1]
Declination	+06° 17′ 48.76″[1]
Redshift	0.016615[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4940 km/s[2]
Distance	230 Mly (71 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.50[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.20[3]
Characteristics
Type	Sbc?[3]
Other designations
UGC 1334, MCG +01-05-040, PGC 6897[2]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 706: SN 2001ed (type Ia, mag. 14.9).^[7]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)