NGC 782
| Galaxy NGC 782 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 57 m 40.4 s |
| declination | -57 ° 47 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 2.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 23 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.020340 ± 0.000026 |
| Radial velocity | 6098 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(267 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.8 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 27, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 782 • PGC 7379 • ESO 114-15 • IRAS 01559-5801 • 2MASX J01574037-5747246 • SGC 015556-5802.0 • GC 473 • h 2454 • HIPASS J0157-57 • 2MIG 217 • LDCE 122 NED006 | |
NGC 782 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 267 million light years from the Milky Way and about 195,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy has an angular extent of 2.3 '× 2.0' and an apparent magnitude of 11.7 mag.
The Type Ia supernova SN 2011eb was observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on October 27, 1834 .