NGC 7168
| Galaxy NGC 7168 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Indus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 02 m 07.4 s |
| declination | -51 ° 44 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 'x 1.4' |
| Position angle | 68 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009206 +/- 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | (2760 +/- 21) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(121 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (37.2 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | July 8, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7168 • PGC 67882 • ESO 237-026 • 2MASX J22020742-5144352 • SGC 215851-5159.0 • LDCE 1502 NED001 | |
NGC 7168 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation of Indians on the southern sky . It is estimated to be 121 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 5152 .
The object was discovered on July 8, 1834 by John Herschel .