NGC 781

NGC 781 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be about 154 million light years from the Milky Way[3] and has a diameter of approximately 70,000 light years. NGC 781 was discovered on October 16, 1784 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.[4][5]

NGC 781 (SDSS DR14)

NGC 781
SDSS image of NGC 781
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Aries
Right ascension	02^h 00^m 08.97485^s[1]
Declination	+12° 39′ 22.0060″[1]
Redshift	0.011631[2]
Helio radial velocity	3467 km/s[2]
Distance	154.2 ± 10.9 Mly (47.29 ± 3.34 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.00[2]
Characteristics
Type	S?[3]
Other designations
UGC 1482, MCG+02-06-010, PGC 7577[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
2. "NGC 781". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
3. "Results for object NGC 0781 (NGC 781)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 781 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 781". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.

External links

• Media related to NGC 781 at Wikimedia Commons