NGC 77 | |
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![]() DECam image of NGC 77 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 00h 07m 15.84s |
Declination | +27° 42′ 29.1″ |
Redshift | 0.063064 |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 18906 ± 1 km/s[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.8 |
Characteristics | |
Type | IBmP |
Other designations | |
PGC 1290 |
NGC 77 (also known as PGC 1290, NPM1G -22.0006 or PGC 198147) is a lenticular galaxy located 780 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886. Its apparent magnitude is 14.8, and it is around 360,000 light-years across.[2]
References
- ^ "Distance Results for NGC 0077". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "Celestial Atlas NGC Objects: NGC 77". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
External links
Media related to NGC 77 at Wikimedia Commons
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