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Galaxy located in the constellation Cetus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
| 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] | |
One supernova has been observed in NGC 767: SN 2019lre (type II, mag. 19.2).[6]
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