NGC 769

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Galaxy
NGC 769
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation triangle
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 59 m 35.9 s
declination + 30 ° 54 ′ 36 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 12.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 73 °
Surface brightness 11.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.014737 ± 0.000103  
Radial velocity 4418 ± 31 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(203 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(62.2 ± 4.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Truman Henry Safford
Discovery date November 9, 1866
Catalog names
NGC  769 • UGC  1467 • PGC  7537 • CGCG  503-066 • MCG  + 05-05-37 • IRAS  01567 + 3040 • KUG  0156 + 306B • 2MASX  J01593591 + 3054356 • ARK 70

NGC 769 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation triangle at the northern sky . It is an estimated 203 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years across . In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 777 and NGC 778 .

The object was discovered on November 9, 1866 by the American astronomer Truman Henry Safford .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 769
  3. Seligman