NGC 7188
| Galaxy NGC 7188 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 03 m 29.0 s |
| declination | -20 ° 19 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'_2) SB (s) bc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 44 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005874 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 1761 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(82 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (25.2 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | October 9, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7188 • PGC 67943 • ESO 601-11 • MCG -04-52-12 • 2MASX J22032898-2019049 • | |
NGC 7188 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Aquarius that is estimated to be 82 million light years from the Milky Way .
The galaxy was discovered on October 9, 1885 by the astronomer Francis Leavenworth with a 26-inch telescope and was later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .