NGC 76
| Galaxy NGC 76 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 19 m 37.8 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 56 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′, 0 × 0 ′, 9 |
| Position angle | 65 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024440 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 7327 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(335 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (102.7 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | September 22, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 76 • UGC 185 • PGC 1267 • CGCG 499-111 • MCG + 05-01-072 • 2MASX J00193779 + 2956017 • LDCE 0012 NED017 | |
NGC 76 is a galaxy in the constellation Andromeda . It is about 335 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 light years. The dwarf galaxy PGC 1266 , about 25 million light-years further away, could be a companion.
It was discovered on September 22, 1884 by the French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan .