NGC 7200

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Galaxy
NGC 7200
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Constellation Indus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 22 h 07 m 09.5 s
declination -49 ° 59 ′ 44 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E +:  
Brightness  (visual) 12.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.6 ′ × 1.2 ′
Position angle 33 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.009663 ± 0.000043  
Radial velocity 2897 ± 13 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(128 ± 9)  x  10 6  ly
(39.2 ± 2.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date September 30, 1834
Catalog names
NGC  7200 • PGC  68068 • ESO  237-037 • 2MASX  J22070954-4959436 • SGC  220357-5014.4 • GC  4748 • h  3917 • LEDA 68068 • LDCE 1502 NED003

NGC 7200 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation of Indians on the southern sky . It is estimated to be 128 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 45,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky is the galaxy NGC 7196 .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 30, 1834 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7200
  3. Seligman