NGC 767
| Galaxy NGC 767 |
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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 | 01 h 58 m 50.8 s |
| declination | -09 ° 35 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb pec? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017972 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5388 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(241 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.9 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| diameter | 90,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 767 • PGC 7483 • MCG -02-06-010 • IRAS F01563-0949 • KUG 0156-098 • 2MASX J01585082-0935136 • NVSS J015850-093515 | |
NGC 767 is a barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBb in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be about 80,000 light years in diameter . It probably interacts with the neighboring galaxy PGC 989194 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 713 , NGC 747 , NGC 755 , NGC 787 .
The property was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886 .