NGC 7125
| Galaxy data from NGC 7125 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Indus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 21 h 49 m 15.98 s |
| declination | -60 ° 42 ′ 47.4 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3 ′ × 2.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010501 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 3148 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(137 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (42.1 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | July 22, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7125 • PGC 67417 • ESO 145-17 • IRAS 21456-6056 • 2MASX J21491594-6042474 • SGC 214537-6056.7 • GC 4698 • h 3887 • 2MASS J21491599-6042467 • HIPASS J2149-60 | |
NGC 7125 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Indians in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 137 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 7126 .
The type IIP supernova SN 2012du was observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on July 22, 1835 .