NGC 769

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Triangulum}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 769

| image = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 769

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Triangulum

| ra = {{RA|01|59|35.915}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}

| dec = {{DEC|+30|54|35.65}}

| z = 0.0148

| h_radial_v = 4404 km/s

| dist_ly = {{cvt|54.2|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite journal|bibcode=2016AJ....152...50T|doi=10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50|arxiv=1605.01765|title=Cosmicflows-3|author1=Tully, R. Brent|author2=Courtois, Hélène M.|author3=Sorce, Jenny G.|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=152|issue=2|id=50|pages=21|date=2016|s2cid=250737862 |doi-access=free }}

| group_cluster =

| type = Sc{{cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%20769|title=Search specification: NGC 769|work=HyperLeda|publisher=Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1|access-date=2020-05-24}}

| size =

| appmag_v =

| appmag_b = 13.4

| absmag_v =

| size_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|UGC=1467 |MCG=+05-05-037|PGC=7537}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 769|access-date=2020-05-24}}

}}

NGC 769 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Triangulum about 197 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the American astronomer Truman Safford in 1866.{{Cite web|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC769|title=The galaxy NGC 769 - In-The-Sky.org|last=Ford|first=Dominic|website=in-the-sky.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-30}}{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=ngc+769&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2020-03-30}}{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC769|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 769|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2020-03-30}}