NGC 7371

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Galaxy
NGC 7371
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Taken using the Hubble Space Telescope
Taken using the Hubble Space Telescope
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Constellation Aquarius
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 22 h 46 m 03.7 s
declination -11 ° 00 ′ 04 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SA (r) 0 / a:  
Brightness  (visual) 11.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.5 mag
Angular expansion 2 ′ × 2 ′
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.008950 +/- 0.000013  
Radial velocity +2683 ± 4 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(125 ± 9)  x  10 6  ly
(38.2 ± 2.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date November 28, 1785
Catalog names
NGC  7371 • PGC  69677 • MCG  -02-58-001 • 2MASX  J22460372-1100038 • GC  4833 • H  II 477 • h  2180 • NPM1G -11.0516

NGC 7371 is a lenticular galaxy of type SB0-a in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 125 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 7378 , NGC 7399 , IC 1451 , IC 1453 .

The object was discovered by William Herschel on November 28, 1785 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : NGC 7371
  3. Seligman