NGC 76
Galaxy NGC 76 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
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 |
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 .