NGC 7339

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Galaxy
NGC 7339
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 22 h 37 m 47.2 s
declination + 23 ° 47 ′ 12 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (s) bc:  
Brightness  (visual) 12.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.1 mag
Angular expansion 2.80 × 0.7
Position angle 93 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.004380 +/- 0.000027  
Radial velocity 1313 +/- 8 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(68 ± 5)  x  10 6  ly
(20.7 ± 1.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date September 19, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  7339 • UGC  12122 • PGC  69364 • CGCG  474-013 • MCG  + 04-53-009 • 2MASX  J22374688 + 2347120 • GC  4824 • H  II 234 • h  2175 • SDSS J223746.72 + 234710.6

NGC 7339 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SBbc constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 68 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7332 , IC 5242 , IC 5243 .

The object was discovered by William Herschel on September 19, 1784 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7339
  3. Seligman