NGC 7301
| Galaxy NGC 7301 |
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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 30 m 34.7 s |
| declination | -17 ° 34 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) bc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 1 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024477 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 7338 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(332 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (101.7 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7301 • PGC 69021 • ESO 602-023 • MCG -03-57-015 • IRAS 22278-1749 • 2MASX J22303473-1734254 • SGC 222753-1749.8 • VV 372 • NVSS J223034-173423 • LDCE 1525 NED001 | |
NGC 7301 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 332 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .