NGC 7179
| Galaxy NGC 7179 |
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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 04 m 49.3 s |
| declination | -64 ° 02 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 'x 0.8' |
| Position angle | 48 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | SSRS group 6 NGC 7179 group LGG 452 |
| Redshift | 0.009960 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 2986 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(129 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (39.7 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 22, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7179 • PGC 67995 • ESO 108-011 • IRAS F22009-6417 • 2MASX J22044929-6402487 • SGC 220108-6417.3 • AGC 35011 • LDCE 1526 NED001 | |
NGC 7179 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation of Indians in the southern sky . It is an estimated 129 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 7192 , NGC 7191 , NGC 7219 and PGC 68473 , it forms the small NGC 7192 group ( LGG 452 ).
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7191 and NGC 7192 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on June 22, 1835 .