NGC 7214
| Galaxy NGC 7214 |
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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 09 m 07.7 s |
| declination | -27 ° 48 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) bc / Sy1.2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 'x 1.4' |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | HGC 91 SSRS group 69 |
| Redshift | 0.023128 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (6934 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(312 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.7 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | July 30, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7214 • PGC 68152 • ESO 467-012 • MCG -05-52-034 • IRAS 22062-2803 • 2MASX J22090769-2748340 • SGC 220617-2803.3 • HCG 91A • VV 700 NED01 • GALEX ASC J220907.81-274835.1 • LDCE 1492 NED015 • NVSS J220907-274831 | |
NGC 7214 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Piscis Austrinus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 312 million light years from the Milky Way , about 200,000 light years in diameter, and is a member of the Hickson compact group HGC 91 .
The galaxy IC 5168 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on July 30, 1834 .