NGC 780
| Galaxy NGC 780 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | triangle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 00 m 35.2 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 13 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 176 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017422 +/- 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 5223 +/- 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(238 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (73.1 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 26, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 780 • UGC 1488 • PGC 7616 • CGCG 503.72 • MCG + 05-05-41 • 2MASX J02003521 + 2813310 • GC 472 • H III 583 • h 184 • 5ZW 164 • NPM1G +27.0080 • LDCE 0128 NED007 | |
NGC 780 is a Hubble-type Sab spiral galaxy in the triangle constellation in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 238 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 784 , IC 1752 , IC 1753 , among others .
The object was discovered on October 26, 1786 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 780. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 14, 2016 (English).
- NGC 780. DSO Browser, accessed March 14, 2016 .