NGC 1762
| Galaxy NGC 1762 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Orion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 03 m 37.0 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 34 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) c: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 120 |
| Redshift | 0.015854 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 4753 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(209 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (64.0 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 8, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1762 • UGC 3238 • PGC 16654 • CGCG 394-073 • MCG + 00-13-067 • IRAS 05010 + 0130 • 2MASX J05033701 + 0134239 • GC 981 • H III 453 • NVSS J050336 + 013425 | |
NGC 1762 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Orion the northern sky . It is estimated to be 209 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on October 8, 1785 .