NGC 769

NGC 769
SDSS image of NGC 769
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTriangulum
Right ascension01h 59m 35.915s[1]
Declination+30° 54′ 35.65″[1]
Redshift0.0148
Heliocentric radial velocity4404 km/s
Distance177 Mly (54.2 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.4[3]
Characteristics
TypeSc[4]
Other designations
UGC 1467, MCG +05-05-037, PGC 7537[3]

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. ^ 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. S2CID 250737862. 50.
  3. ^ a b "NGC 769". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  4. ^ "Search specification: NGC 769". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  5. ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 769 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  6. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  7. ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 769". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  • Media related to NGC 769 at Wikimedia Commons


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