NGC 767

NGC 767 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 241 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886.[3][4][5]

NGC 767
SDSS image of NGC 767
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension01h 58m 50.822s
Declination−09° 35′ 13.61″
Redshift0.01805[1]
Helio radial velocity5362 km/s[1]
Distance246.5 ± 17.3 Mly (75.58 ± 5.3 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)14[1]
Characteristics
TypeSBb pec?[2]
Other designations
PGC 7483[1]

See also

References
  1. "NGC 767". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  2. "Results for object NGC 0767 (NGC 767)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  4. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 767". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  5. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 767 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  • Media related to NGC 767 at Wikimedia Commons


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