NGC 7254
| Galaxy NGC 7254 / NGC 7256 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 22 m 36.2 s |
| declination | -21 ° 44 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S (r?) B |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 122 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009020 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | (2704 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(124 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.0 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | September 27, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7254/7256 • PGC 68686 • ESO 602-013 • MCG -04-52-042 • IRAS 22198-2159 • 2MASX J22223624-2144140 • | |
NGC 7254 = NGC 7256 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Aquarius. It is estimated to be 124 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on September 27, 1864 .