NGC 781 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Aries. It is estimated to be about 154 million light years from the Milky Way[3] and has a diameter of approximately 70,000 light years. NGC 781 was discovered on October 16, 1784 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.[4][5]
| NGC 781 | |
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SDSS image of NGC 781
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Aries |
| Right ascension | 02h00m 08.97485s[1] |
| Declination | +12° 39′ 22.0060″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.011631[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 3467 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 154.2 ± 10.9 Mly (47.29 ± 3.34 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.00[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S?[3] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1482, MCG +02-06-010, PGC 7577[2] | |
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