NGC 701

NGC 701 is a spiral galaxy with a high star formation rate in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 86 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 65,000 light years. The object was discovered on January 10, 1785 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 701.

• SN 2004fc (TypeII, mag. 15.5) was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) on 21 October 2004. A precovery image had been taken by Kōichi Itagaki on 16 October 2004, which showed the supernova at magnitude 15.4.

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