NGC 7646
| Galaxy NGC 7646 / IC 5318 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 24 m 06.9 s |
| declination | -11 ° 51 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 2597 |
| Redshift | 0.023263 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 6974 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(315 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (96.7 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Farnk Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7646 • IC 5318 • PGC 71338 • MCG -02-59-015 • IRAS 23215-1208 • 2MASX J23240695-1151386 • | |
NGC 7646 = IC 5318 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Aquarius in the southern sky . It is an estimated 315 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886 .