Astronomy:NGC 766
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Pisces
| NGC 766 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 766 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 01h 58m 41.995s[1] |
| Declination | +08° 20′ 48.26″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.027055[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 8001 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 353.9 Mly (108.52 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.4[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[2] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1458, MCG+01-06-019, PGC 7468[2] | |
NGC 766 is an elliptical galaxy located in the Pisces constellation about 362 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1828.[4][5][6]
Due to NGC 766 being situated close to the celestial equator it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "NGC 766". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+766.
- ↑ Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal 655 (2): 790–813. doi:10.1086/510201. Bibcode: 2007ApJ...655..790C.
- ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 766 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC766.
- ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=ngc+766&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 766". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC766.
- ↑ "NGC 766 - Elliptical Galaxy | TheSkyLive.com". https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ngc766-object.
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