NGC 768
| NGC 768 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 768 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 58m 40.953s[1] |
| Declination | +00° 31′ 45.17″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.02334[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 6916 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 260.3 Mly (79.80 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.3[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(r)bc:[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1457, MCG +00-06-016, PGC 7456[2] | |
NGC 768 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 314 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis Swift in 1885.[5][6][7]
See also
References
- ^ a b Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
- ^ a b c d "NGC 768". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ "Results for object NGC 0768 (NGC 768)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 768 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 768". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
External links
Media related to NGC 768 at Wikimedia Commons
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