NGC 7201
| Galaxy NGC 7201 |
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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 06 m 31.9 s |
| declination | -31 ° 15 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAa: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 128 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014727 +/- 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 4415 +/- 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(199 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (61.0 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 27, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7201 • PGC 68040 • ESO 467-004 • MCG -05-52-026 • IRAS 22036-3130 • 2MASX J22063191-3115467 • SGC 220339-3130.4 • LEDA 68040 • LDCE 1505 NED001 | |
NGC 7201 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Piscis Austrinus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 199 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 95,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 7172 , NGC 7176 , NGC 7203 , NGC 7204 , among others .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 27, 1834 .