NGC 7648

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Galaxy
NGC 7648 / IC 1486
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 23 m 54.0 s
declination + 09 ° 40 ′ 03 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 12.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.6 '× 1.0'
Position angle 85 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.011872 ± 0.000030  
Radial velocity (3559 ± 9) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(166 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(50.8 ± 3.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date October 18, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  7648 • IC  1486 • UGC  12575 • PGC  71321 • CGCG  406-096 • MCG  + 01-59-072 • IRAS  23213 + 0923 • 2MASX  J23235403 + 0940028 • Mrk  531 • GC  4953 • H  III 218 • LDCE 1573 NED015

NGC 7648 = IC 1486 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Pegasus. It is an estimated 166 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on October 18, 1784 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7648
  3. Seligman