NGC 7776

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Galaxy
NGC 7776 / IC 1514
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Constellation Aquarius
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 54 m 16.56 s
declination -13 ° 35 ′ 11.2 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sc  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 153 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.030214 ± 0.000130  
Radial velocity 9058 ± 39 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(408 ± 29)  x  10 6  ly
(125.0 ± 8.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Ormond Stone
Discovery date October 31, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  7776 • IC  1514 • PGC  72812 • MCG  -02-60-022 • 2MASX  J23541656-1335110 • GALEX ASC J235416.52-133510.5 • WISEA J235416.58-133511.9 • NVSS J235416-133511

NGC 7776 = IC 1514 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 408 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 7761 .

The object was discovered by Ormond Stone ( listed as NGC ) on October 31, 1885 and by Johann Palisa (listed as IC ) on September 19, 1893 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7776
  3. Seligman