NGC 785

NGC 785 is an elliptical galaxy located around 217 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum.[2] NGC 785 was discovered in 1876 by Édouard Stephan, and it is around 102,000 light-years across in diameter.[1][2][3] NGC 785 is not known to have an Active galactic nucleus, and is not known to have lots of star formation.[1][3]

NGC 785
A Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) image of NGC 785
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Triangulum
Right ascension	02h 01m 40.0s[1]
Declination	+31° 49′ 35.40″[1]
Redshift	0.016601±0.000177[2]
Distance	217 Mly (66.58 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.8[2]
Characteristics
Type	S0^-?[1]
Size	102,000 ly
Apparent size (V)	1.66′ × 1.047′[3]
Notable features	N/A
Other designations
IC 1766,[2] MCG +05-05-046,[2] UGC 1509,[2] PGC 7694,[2] LEDA 7694[2]