Astronomy:NGC 785
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Triangulum
| NGC 785 | |
|---|---|
 A Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) image of NGC 1537 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Triangulum |
| Right ascension | 02h 01m 40.0s[1] |
| Declination | 31° 49′ 35.40″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.016601±0.000177[2] |
| Distance | 217 Mly (66.58 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.8[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0^-? G[1] |
| Size | 102,000 ly |
| Apparent size (V) | Unknown |
| Notable features | N/A |
| Other designations | |
| IC 1766,[2] MCG +05-05-046,[2] UGC 1509,[2] PGC 7694,[2] LEDA 7694[2] | |
NGC 785 is an elliptical galaxy located around 217 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum.[2] NGC 785 was discovered in 1876 by Édouard Stephan, and it is around 102,000 light-years across in diameter.[1][2] NGC 785 is not known to have an Active galactic nucleus, and is not known to have lots of star formation.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "By Name | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=ngc+785&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "NGC 785 - Elliptical Galaxy in Triangulum | TheSkyLive.com". https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ngc785-object.
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