NGC 201

{{Short description|Spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 201

| image = NGC 201 HST 10787 21 R814G606B435.png

| alt = NGC 201

| caption = Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 201

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Cetus

| ra = {{RA|00|39|34.820}}{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 201

| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=ngc+201&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES

| access-date=2015-09-04 }}

| dec = {{DEC|00|51|35.60}}

| z = 0.014728 +/- 0.000062

| h_radial_v = 4415 +/- 19 km/s

| gal_v = 4505 +/- 19 km/s

| dist_ly = {{convert|61.7|+/-|4.3|kpc|kly|abbr=on|lk=on}}{{hub|0.73}}

| group_cluster =

| type = SAB(r)c {{cite web

| title=New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 200-249

| url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc2.htm#201

| access-date=2015-09-04 }}

| stars =

| appmag_v = 13.8

| size_v = 1.8' x 1.5'

| size = 163,230 ly (50.07 kpc) (estimated)

| notes =

| names = PGC 2388, UGC 419, MCG +00-02-115, HCG 007C

| references =

}}

NGC 201 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. It is one of the group members of HCG 7, with the other group members NGC 192, NGC 196, and NGC 197. It was discovered on December 28, 1790 by William Herschel.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 201: SN 2019yc (type IIb, mag. 16.7) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 22 January 2019.{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}2019yc | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019yc | publisher = IAU | access-date=19 December 2024}}