NGC 785
| Galaxy NGC 785 / IC 1766 |
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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 01 m 40.0 s |
| declination | + 31 ° 49 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 83 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 777 group LGG 42 |
| Redshift | 0.016628 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 4985 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(228 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (70.0 ± 4.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | October 25, 1876 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 785 • IC 1766 • UGC 1509 • PGC 7694 • CGCG 503-076 • MCG + 05-05-046 • 2MASX J02013997 + 3149354 • LDCE 129 NED015 | |
NGC 785 = IC 1766 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Triangle in the northern sky . It is estimated 228 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 777 , NGC 783 , NGC 789 , NGC 798 .
The object was discovered on October 25, 1876 by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan . The entry IC 1766 in the index catalog for this galaxy goes back to an observation by Edward Barnard in 1890.
Web links
Commons : NGC 785 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 785. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 20, 2016 (English).
- NGC 785. DSO Browser, accessed March 20, 2016 .
Individual evidence
Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0785" overwrites the previously used key "IC1766".