NGC 7205
| Galaxy NGC 7205 |
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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 08 m 34.3 s |
| declination | -57 ° 26 ′ 33.0 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) bc / HII / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4 ′ × 2 ′ |
| Position angle | 73 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005623 ± 0.000019 |
| Radial velocity | 1686 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(72 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (22.2 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | July 10, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7205 • PGC 68128 • ESO 146-009 • IRAS 22052-5741 • 2MASX J22083427-5726331 • SGC 220510-5741.3 • GC 4753 • h 3919 • AM 2205-574 • HIPASS J2208-57 | |
NGC 7205 is an active spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions in the constellation Indians on the border with the constellation Toucan in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 72 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on July 10, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .