NGC 776
| Galaxy NGC 776 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aries |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 59 m 54.5 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 38 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016415 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 4921 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(224 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (68.8 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | December 2, 1861 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 776 • UGC 1471 • PGC 7560 • CGCG 482-037 • MCG + 04-05-028 • IRAS 01570 + 2323 • KUG 0157 + 234 • 2MASX J01595447 + 2338400 • GC 468 • | |
NGC 776 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Aries, which is approximately 224 million light years from the Milky Way.
The object was discovered on December 2, 1861 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
Commons : NGC 776 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 776. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 14, 2016 (English).
- NGC 776. DSO Browser, accessed March 14, 2016 .