NGC 7250
Galaxy NGC 7250 |
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Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lizard |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 22 h 18 m 17.8 s |
declination | + 40 ° 33 ′ 45 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sdm? / Sbrst |
Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
Position angle | 157 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.003889 ± 0.000017 |
Radial velocity | 1166 ± 5 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(62 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (19.0 ± 1.3) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | November 8, 1790 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 7250 • UGC 11980 • PGC 68535 • CGCG 530-022 • MCG + 07-45-24 • IRAS 22161 + 4018 • 2MASX J13053653-4330017 • GC 4778 • H III 864 • |
NGC 7250 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type SD in the constellation Lizard . It is around 62 million light years from the Milky Way .
The galaxy was discovered on November 8, 1790 by the astronomer William Herschel with his 18.7-inch reflecting telescope and later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .