NGC 713
| Galaxy NGC 713 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 55 m 21.5 s |
| declination | -09 ° 05 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc (f) |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017475 ± 0.000088 |
| Radial velocity | 5239 ± 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(235 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (71.9 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 713 • PGC 7161 • 7166 • MCG -02-05-075 • 2MASX J01552155-0905012 • GALEX ASC J015521.42-090500.7 • NSA 23146 | |
NGC 713 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 235 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years across .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 731 , NGC 747 , NGC 755 , NGC 763 .
The object was discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth .
Web links
Commons : NGC 713 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 713. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on October 2, 2015 .