NGC 770 | |
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![]() NGC 770 and NGC 772 imaged by the
Sloan Digital Sky Survey | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Aries |
Right ascension | 01h 59m 13.64260s [1] |
Declination | +18° 57′ 16.7211″ [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 2,543 [2] |
Distance | 120 Mly (36.7 Mpc) [2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E3: [3] |
Apparent size (V) | 0.587 ″ × 0.399″ [4] |
Other designations | |
UGC 1463, PGC 7517 [5] |
NGC 770 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is around 120 [2] million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 36,000 ly. [3] NGC 770 is gravitationally linked to NGC 772. [6] The galaxy was discovered on November 3, 1855 by RJ Mitchell. [7] [8] [9]
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NGC 770 | |
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![]() NGC 770 and NGC 772 imaged by the
Sloan Digital Sky Survey | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Aries |
Right ascension | 01h 59m 13.64260s [1] |
Declination | +18° 57′ 16.7211″ [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 2,543 [2] |
Distance | 120 Mly (36.7 Mpc) [2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E3: [3] |
Apparent size (V) | 0.587 ″ × 0.399″ [4] |
Other designations | |
UGC 1463, PGC 7517 [5] |
NGC 770 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is around 120 [2] million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 36,000 ly. [3] NGC 770 is gravitationally linked to NGC 772. [6] The galaxy was discovered on November 3, 1855 by RJ Mitchell. [7] [8] [9]
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