NGC 779
| Galaxy NGC 779 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 59 m 42.3 s |
| declination | -05 ° 57 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.10 × 1.2 |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004640 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1391 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(63 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (19.3 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 779 • PGC 7544 • MCG -01-06-016 • IRAS 01571-0612 • GC 470 • H I-101 • h 183 • HIPASS J0159-05 • LEDA 7544 | |
NGC 779 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 63 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 ly in diameter. The galaxy has an angular extent of 4 ′, 0 × 1 ′, 2 and an apparent magnitude of 11.2 mag.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 762 , NGC 790 , IC 183 , IC 184 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on September 10, 1785 .
Web links
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