NGC 7176
| Galaxy data from NGC 7176 |
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| The galaxies NGC 7173 (left), NGC 7174 (right) and NGC 7176 (below) captured by the Hubble Space Telescope . | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Southern fish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 02 m 08.4 s |
| declination | -31 ° 59 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 11.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | HCG 90 NGC 7154 group NGC 7172 group LGG 450 |
| Redshift | 0.008376 ± 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | (2511 ± 14) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(114 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (34.9 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 23, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7176 • UGC A 423 • PGC 67883 • ESO 466-041 • MCG -05-52-011 • 2MASX J22020846-3159233 • SGC 215914-3213.9 • HCG 90B • VV 698 N03 • GC 4733 • h 3911 • LDCE 1496 NED009 • KTS 66C | |
NGC 7176 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Piscis. It is estimated to be 114 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years across. Together with NGC 7172 , NGC 7173 and NGC 7174 it forms the Hickson Compact Group 90 .
The object was discovered on September 23, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 7176 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Compact Hickson Group 90 - Astronomy Picture of the Day, March 13, 2009.
- Spektrum .de: amateur recordings [1]