NGC_77 Knowpia

NGC 77
NGC 77
	DECam image of NGC 77
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00h 07m 15.84s
Declination	+27° 42′ 29.1″
Redshift	0.063064
Heliocentric radial velocity	18906 ± 1 km/s
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.8
Characteristics
Type	IBmP
Other designations
	PGC 1290

NGC 77 (also known as PGC 1290, NPM1G -22.0006 or PGC 198147) is a lenticular galaxy located 780 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886. Its apparent magnitude is 14.8, and it is around 360,000 light-years across.^[2]

References edit

^ "Distance Results for NGC 0077". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
^ Seligman, Courtney. "Celestial Atlas NGC Objects: NGC 77". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 3 March 2015.