NGC 7596

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Galaxy
NGC 7596 / IC 1477
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Aquarius
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 17 m 12.0 s
declination -06 ° 54 ′ 43 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 AGN  
Brightness  (visual) 14.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 1 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 34 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023950 ± 0.000123  
Radial velocity 7180 ± 37 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(326 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(99.8 ± 7.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis Leavenworth
Discovery date September 28, 1886
Catalog names
NGC  7596 • IC  1477 • PGC  70932 • MCG  -01-59-01 • IRAS  23145-0711 • 2MASX  J23171201-0654434 • GALEX ASC J231711.92-065443.1

NGC 7596 = IC 1477 is a lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 326 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 7600 .

The object was cataloged by Francis Leavenworth (listed as NGC ) on September 28, 1886 and by Stéphane Javelle (listed as IC ) on September 16, 1892 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 1477
  3. Seligman