Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- LIN
- Redshift
- z = 0.02328
- Morphology
- Sc
- Coordinates
- RA 29.6706° · Dec 0.5292°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 01 58 40.953
- Declination
- +00 ° 31 ′ 45.17 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 6916 km/s
- Distance
- 260.3 Mly (79.80 Mpc )
- Type
- SB(r)bc:
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 768 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 314 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis Swift in 1885.
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