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NGC 767
SDSS image of NGC 767
Observation data ( J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension01h 58m 50.822s
Declination−09° 35′ 13.61″
Redshift0.01805 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity5362 km/s [1]
Distance246.5 ± 17.3  Mly (75.58 ± 5.3  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude (B)14 [1]
Characteristics
TypeSBb 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "NGC 767". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  2. ^ a b "Results for object NGC 0767 (NGC 767)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  4. ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 767". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  5. ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 767 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.

External links

  • Media related to NGC 767 at Wikimedia Commons