NGC 7216
| Galaxy NGC 7216 |
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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 12 m 35.8 s |
| declination | -68 ° 39 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) 0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.70 × 1.0 |
| Position angle | 133 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011771 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 3529 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(153 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (46.9 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 29, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7216 • PGC 68291 • ESO 076-003 • 2MASX J22123580-6839427 • SGC 220844-6854.5 • GALEX ASC J221236.06-683943.4 | |
NGC 7216 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Indians in the southern sky . It is an estimated 153 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 5173 .
The object was discovered on June 29, 1835 by the astronomer John Herschel .