NGC 767

NGC 767
SDSS image of NGC 767
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01h 58m 50.822s
Declination	−09° 35′ 13.61″
Redshift	0.01805 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5362 km/s [1]
Distance	246.5 ± 17.3  Mly (75.58 ± 5.3  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (B)	14 [1]
Characteristics
Type	SBb pec? [2]
Other designations
MCG -02-06-010, PGC 7483 [1]

NGC 767 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 241 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

One supernova has been observed in NGC 767: SN 2019lre (type II, mag. 19.2). ^[6]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. "NGC 767". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-05-24.
2. "Results for object NGC 0767 (NGC 767)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
4. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 767". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
5. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 767 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
6. "SN 2019lre". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 6 September 2024.

External links

• Media related to NGC 767 at Wikimedia Commons