NGC 703
Galaxy NGC 703 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 52 m 39.6 s |
declination | + 36 ° 10 ′ 17 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0-: |
Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
Position angle | 50 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Abell 262 WBL 54 LGG 37 |
Redshift | 0.018613 ± 0.000027 |
Radial velocity | 5580 ± 8 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(255 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.3 ± 5.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | September 21, 1786 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 703 • UGC 1346 • PGC 6957 • CGCG 522-037 • MCG + 06-05-029 • IRAS F01497 + 3555 • 2MASX J01523960 + 3610172 • GC 422 • H III 562 • h 157 • GALEX ASC J015239.63 + 361016.2 • LDCE 115 NED017 • HOLM 49C |
NGC 703 is an elliptical radio galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 255 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years across. The galaxy is considered a member of the Abell 262 galaxy group .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 704 , NGC 705 , NGC 708 , NGC 709 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on September 21, 1786 .
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