NGC 781

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NGC 781
NGC781 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 781
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Aries
Right ascension 02h 00m 08.97485s [1]
Declination +12° 39′ 22.0060″ [1]
Redshift 0.011631 [2]
Helio radial velocity 3467 km/s [2]
Distance 154.2 ± 10.9  Mly (47.29 ± 3.34  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14.00 [2]
Characteristics
Type S? [3]
Other designations
UGC 1482, MCG+02-06-010, PGC 7577 [2]

NGC 781 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be about 154 million light years from the Milky Way [3] and has a diameter of approximately 70,000 light years. NGC 781 was discovered on October 16, 1784 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel. [4] [5]

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NGC 781 (SDSS DR14)

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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 781". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. 1 2 3 "Results for object NGC 0781 (NGC 781)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  4. ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 781 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  5. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 781". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.


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