NGC 768

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NGC 768
SDSS image of NGC 768
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension01h 58m 40.953s[1]
Declination+00° 31′ 45.17″[1]
Redshift0.02334[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity6916 km/s[2]
Distance260.3 Mly (79.80 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.3[2]
Characteristics
TypeSB(r)bc:[4]
Other designations
UGC 1457, MCG +00-06-016, PGC 7465[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]

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References

  1. ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. ^ a b c d "NGC 768". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. ^ 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. S2CID 250737862. 50.
  4. ^ "Results for object NGC 0768 (NGC 768)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  5. ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 768 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  6. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  7. ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 768". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
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