NGC 7187
| Galaxy NGC 7187 |
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| 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 44.5 s |
| declination | -32 ° 48 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SAB (r) 0 ^ + |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 '× 1.2' |
| Position angle | 171 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 7154 group NGC 7172 group LGG 450 |
| Redshift | 0.008906 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 2670 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(121 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (37.0 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7187 • PGC 67909 • ESO 404-024 • MCG -06-48-018 • IRAS F21598-3302 • SGC 215948-3302.7 • LEDA 67909 | |
NGC 7187 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Piscis Austrinus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 121 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years across.
The galaxies NGC 7172 , NGC 7173 , NGC 7174 , NGC 7176 are located in the same area of the sky .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .