NGC 782

NGC 782 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Eridanus about 160 million light-years from the Milky Way.[3] It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1834.[5][6]

NGC 782
DSS image of NGC 782
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationEridanus
Right ascension01h 57m 40.39260s[1]
Declination−57° 47′ 24.6052″[1]
Redshift0.020568[2]
Helio radial velocity6102.8 km/s[2]
Distance159.8 Mly (48.98 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.63[2]
Characteristics
TypeSB(r)b[4]
Other designations
PGC 7379[2]

See also

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 782". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. 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.
  4. "Results for object NGC 0782 (NGC 782)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  5. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 782 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 782". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.


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