NGC 7266
| Galaxy NGC 7266 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 23 m 58.9 s |
| declination | -04 ° 04 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 '× 0.7' |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016378 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 4910 ± 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(225 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (69.1 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | October 1, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7266 • PGC 68758 • MCG -01-57-006 • IRAS 22213-0419 • 2MASX J22235895-0404243 • Mrk 910 • GALEX ASC J222358.94-040424.7 • NVSS J222358-040425 • LDCE 1519 NED002 | |
NGC 7266 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 225 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 7257 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on October 1, 1864 .