NGC 786
| Galaxy NGC 786 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aries |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 01 m 24.7 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 38 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 × 0.6 |
| Position angle | 138 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015077 +/- 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 4520 +/- 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(205 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (63.0 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | September 26, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 786 • UGC 1506 • PGC 7680 • CGCG 438-013 • MCG + 02-06-012 • IRAS 01587 + 152 • 2MASX J02012472 + 1538475 • KCPG 50 • LDCE 125 NED003 | |
NGC 786 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Aries on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 205 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 792 , NGC 803 , IC 192 , IC 1774 .
The object was discovered on September 26, 1865 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
Commons : NGC 786 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 786. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 20, 2016 (English).
- NGC 786. DSO Browser, accessed March 20, 2016 .
Individual evidence