NGC 7203
Galaxy NGC 7203 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Southern fish |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 22 h 06 m 43.9 s |
declination | -31 ° 09 ′ 45 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) 0 / a: |
Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.6 'x 0.9' |
Position angle | 72 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | SSRS group 59 |
Redshift | 0.013546 ± 0.000090 |
Radial velocity | 4061 ± 27 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(183 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.2 ± 3.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | John Herschel |
Discovery date | September 27, 1834 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 7203 • PGC 68053 • ESO 467-007 • MCG -05-52-027 • 2MASX J22064390-3109447 • SGC 220351-3124.4 • LEDA 68053 • LDCE 1496 NED014 |
NGC 7203 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Piscis Austrinus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 183 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years across.
The galaxies NGC 7172 , NGC 7201 , NGC 7204 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 27, 1834 .