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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda

NGC 76
SDSS image of NGC 76
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	00^h 19^m 37.79033^s^[1]
Declination	+29° 56′ 01.9218″^[1]
Redshift	0.024734^[2]
Helio radial velocity	7323 km/s^[2]
Distance	322.9 Mly (99.01 Mpc)^[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.0^[2]
Characteristics
Type	S0^[4]
Other designations
UGC 185, MCG+05-01-072, PGC 1267^[2]

NGC 76 is a lenticular galaxy estimated to be about 320 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan from France in 1884 and its magnitude is 13.1.^[4]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 "NGC 76". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+76.
↑ Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal 655 (2): 790–813. doi:10.1086/510201. Bibcode: 2007ApJ...655..790C.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#76.

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PGC	Astronomy:PGC 1263 Astronomy:PGC 1264 Astronomy:PGC 1265 Astronomy:PGC 1266 PGC 1267 Astronomy:PGC 1268 Astronomy:PGC 1269 Astronomy:PGC 1270 Astronomy:PGC 1271

Constellation of Andromeda

Adhil
Andromeda in Chinese astronomy
List of Andromeda's satellite galaxies
List of stars in Andromeda

Stars

Bayer	α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω
Flamsteed	2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 22 23 26 28 32 36 39 41 44 45 47 49 51 55 56 58 59 60 62 63 64 65 66
Variable	R T U W Z RT RU RV RX SU SW TU TW WZ XZ AB AC AD AE AR BM BX CC CN DS DX EG ET EU FF GP GR GY HN KK KX KZ LL LP LQ OP OS OU PX QR QV QX V385 V455 V529
HD	3 166 895 1185 1606 2421 2767 2942 3322 3346 4778 5608 5789/5788 6114 7853 8673 10307 13931 14622 15082 16004 16028 16175 217811 220105 221246 221776 222109 222399 223229 224365 224801 225218
Other	3XMM J004232.1+411314 6 Persei ADS 48 Groombridge 34 HAT-P-6 HR 178 HR 8768 M31-RV NGC 44 NGC 82 NGC 84 NGC 91 NGC 162 NGC 464 PA-99-N2 Ross 248 WASP-1 WISE 0146+4234 WISE J0005+3737 WISE J004945.61+215120.0

Exoplanets	14 Andromedae b Upsilon Andromedae b c d e Gliese 15 Ab HD 13931 b HD 16175 b HAT-P-6b HAT-P-32b WASP-1b WASP-33b

Star clusters	Mayall II NGC 206 NGC 272 NGC 752 NGC 956 NGC 7686

Nebulae	NGC 7662

Galaxies

NGC	5 11 13 19 21 20 27 39 43 48 49 51 67 68 69 70 71 72 74 76 79 80 81 83 85 86 90 93 94 96 97 108 109 112 140 149 160 169 181 183 184 214 218 226 228 229 233 243 252 258 260 262 280 304 317 389 393 404 425 431 477 478 512 513 523 528 536 668 679 687 700 703 704 705 708 709 710 712 714 717 732 753 759 891 1000 7640 7836
Numbered	I II III IV V VIII IX X XI XVIII XIX XXI
Other	3C 66A 3C 66B Andromeda Galaxy Donatiello I Messier 32 Messier 110

Galaxy clusters	Abell 262 NGC 68 group

Astronomical events	GRB 101225A SN 1885A

Ngc 76

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