NGC 766

NGC 766 is an elliptical galaxy located in the Pisces constellation about 362 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1828.^[4][5][6]

NGC 766
SDSS image of NGC 766
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	01h 58m 41.995s[1]
Declination	+08° 20′ 48.26″[1]
Redshift	0.027055[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	8001 km/s[2]
Distance	353.9 Mly (108.52 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.4[2]
Characteristics
Type	E[2]
Other designations
UGC 1458, MCG +01-06-019, PGC 7468[2]

Due to NGC 766 being situated close to the celestial equator it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.^[7]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)
• John Hershel