NGC 711
| Galaxy NGC 711 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aries |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 52 m 27.7 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 30 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 36 |
| Redshift | 0.016378 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 4910 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(223 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (68.5 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | November 4, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 711 • UGC 1342 • PGC 6940 • CGCG 460-038 • MCG + 03-05-024 • 2MASX J01522780 + 1730450 • NPM1G +17.0073 • LDCE 118 NED001 | |
NGC 711 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Aries on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 223 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 1736 and IC 1748 .
The object was discovered on November 4, 1881 by the French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .
Web links
Commons : NGC 711 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 711. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed September 30, 2015 .