NGC 7697
| Galaxy NGC 7697 / IC 5333 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Toucan |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 34 m 53.0 s |
| declination | -65 ° 23 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / pec / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 '× 0.3' |
| Position angle | 87 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006701 ± 0.000022 |
| Radial velocity | 2009 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(85 ± 6) x 10 6 ly (26.1 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 6, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7697 • IC 5333 • PGC 71800 • ESO 110-012 • IRAS 23320-6540 • 2MASX J23345299-6523454 • SGC 233202-6540.4 • HIPASS J2335-65 • 2MIG 3177 | |
NGC 7697 = IC 5333 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Toucan in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 85 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light-years across.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 6, 1836 .