NGC 76
SDSS image of NGC 76
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension00h 19m 37.79033s[1]
Declination+29° 56′ 01.9218″[1]
Redshift0.024734[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity7323 km/s[2]
Distance322.9 Mly (99.01 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.0[2]
Characteristics
TypeS0[4]
Other designations
UGC 185, MCG +05-01-072, PGC 1267[2]

NGC 76 is a lenticular galaxy estimated to be about 320 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan from France in 1884 and its magnitude is 13.1.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 76". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  3. ↑ Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
  4. 1 2 "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99".
  • Media related to NGC 76 at Wikimedia Commons


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