NGC 762
| Galaxy NGC 762 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 1 h 56 m 57.8 s |
| declination | -05 ° 24 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (rs) a / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016341 +/- 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 4899 +/- 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(220 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (67.4 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 22, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 762 • PGC 7322 • MCG -01-06-006 • IRAS 01544-0538 • RHC 0154-056 • 2MASX J01565777-0524103 • Mrk 1012 • GC 459 • H III 464 • h 178/2451 • LDCE 110 NED011 | |
NGC 762 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated that 220 million light-years from the Milky Way away and has a diameter of about 90,000 light years.
In the same area of the sky are among others the galaxies NGC 748 , NGC 779 , IC 183 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 1988ab was observed here.
The object was discovered on November 22, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 762 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 762. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 4, 2016 (English).
- NGC 762. DSO Browser, accessed March 4, 2016 .