NGC 7196
| Galaxy NGC 7196 |
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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 05 m 54.8 s |
| declination | -50 ° 07 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E: |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 'x 1.9' |
| Position angle | 53 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009750 +/- 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 2923 +/- 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(129 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (39.5 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 2, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7196 • PGC 68020 • ESO 237-036 • IRAS 22026-5021 • 2MASX J22055480-5007094 • SGC 220242-5021.8 • LEDA 68020 • LDCE 1502 NED002 | |
NGC 7196 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E2 in the constellation of Indians on the southern sky . It is estimated to be 129 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 7200 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on October 2, 1834 .