NGC 1762 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Orion. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . However, 10 non-redshift measurements give a farther mean distance of . It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 8 October 1785.
NGC 1762 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.
NGC 1762 group NGC 1762 is a member the NGC 1762 group (also known as LGG 120), which contains at least 27 galaxies, including NGC 1590, NGC 1633, NGC 1642, , , NGC 1719, and .
Supernova One supernova has been observed in NGC 1762: SN 2002cy (type unknown, mag. 16.7) was discovered by South African amateur astronomer on 8 May 2002.
See also List of NGC objects (1001–2000)
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