NGC 767
| NGC 767 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 767 | |
| 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 | |
| MCG -02-06-010, 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]
One supernova has been observed in NGC 767: SN 2019lre (type II, mag. 19.2).[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "NGC 767". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ a b "Results for object NGC 0767 (NGC 767)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 767". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 767 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ^ "SN 2019lre". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
External links
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Media related to NGC 767 at Wikimedia Commons
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