NGC 7208
| Galaxy NGC 7208 |
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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 08 m 24.4 s |
| declination | -29 ° 03 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0 ^ 0 ^? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 142 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008863 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 2657 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(121 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (37.0 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 28, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7208 • PGC 68120 • ESO 467-010 • MCG -05-52-032 • IRAS 22055-2917 • 2MASX J22082441-2903043 • SGC 220533-2917.8 • NVSS J220824-290303 • LDCE 1496 NED016 | |
NGC 7208 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Piscis Austrinus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 199 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 28, 1834 .