NGC 707
| Galaxy NGC 707 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 51 m 27.1 s |
| declination | -8 ° 30 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (s) 0-: / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018269 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 5477 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(246 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.3 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | November 13, 1879 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 707 • PGC 6861 • MCG -02-05-063 • 2MASX J01512708-0830193 • GALEX ASC J015127.13-083020.2 | |
NGC 707 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 246 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 731 , IC 168 , IC 170 .
The object was discovered on November 13, 1879 by the German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 707 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 707. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed September 30, 2015 .