NGC 73

NGC 73 is an intermediate spiral galaxy estimated to be about 350 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift from the USA in 1886 and its apparent magnitude is 13.7.^[5]

Image from 2MASS

NGC 73
ESO's VST image of NGC 73
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00h 18m 38.98029s[1]
Declination	−15° 19′ 20.6128″[1]
Redshift	0.025785[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	7631 km/s[2]
Distance	289.4 Mly (88.72 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13[2]
Characteristics
Type	SAB(rs)bc:[4]
Other designations
MCG -03-01-026, PGC 1211[2]