NGC 767 | |
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Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 01h 58m 50.822s |
Declination | −09° 35′ 13.61″ |
Redshift | 0.01805 [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5362 km/s [1] |
Distance | 246.5 ± 17.3 Mly (75.58 ± 5.3 Mpc) [2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SBb pec? [2] |
Other designations | |
PGC 7483 [1] |
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]