NGC 7764

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Galaxy
NGC 7764
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Constellation Phoenix
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 50 m 54.0 s
declination -40 ° 43 ′ 42 ″
Appearance
Morphological type IB (s) m  
Brightness  (visual) 12.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.9 mag
Angular expansion 2.0 '× 1.5'
Position angle 148 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.005662 ± 0.000022  
Radial velocity 1697 ± 7 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(75 ± 5)  x  10 6  ly
(22.9 ± 1.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date October 4, 1836
Catalog names
NGC  7764 • PGC  72597 • ESO  293-004 • MCG  -07-48-027 • 2MASX  J23505397-4043414 • VV  715 •

NGC 7764 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SBm in the constellation Phoenix. It is estimated to be 75 million light years from the Milky Way.

The object was discovered by John Herschel on October 4, 1836 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7764
  3. Seligman