Object Type | Galaxy E5 |
Constellation | Cetus |
Magnitude | 11.2 |
Size | 4.6' x 2.3' |
Number 30 in the Herschel 400 list, NGC 720, a moderately large and bright elliptical galaxy in Cetus. There are a number of other faint galaxies in the image, the brightest of which is the 17.9 magnitude PGC 933912, visible just to the left of NGC 720.