NGC 769
NGC 769 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Triangulum about 197 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the American astronomer Truman Safford in 1866.[5][6][7]
| NGC 769 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 769 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Triangulum |
| Right ascension | 01h 59m 35.915s[1] |
| Declination | +30° 54′ 35.65″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.0148 |
| Helio radial velocity | 4404 km/s |
| Distance | 177 Mly (54.2 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.4[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sc[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1467, MCG+05-05-037, PGC 7537[3] | |
See also
References
- Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
- Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50.
- "NGC 769". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Search specification: NGC 769". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 769 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- "Revised NGC Data for NGC 769". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
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