NGC 7381

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Galaxy
NGC 7381
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Aquarius
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 22 h 50 m 08.1 s
declination -19 ° 43 ′ 30 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) Scd / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 14.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.9 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 '× 0.5'
Position angle 123 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.015050 ± 0.000027  
Radial velocity 4512 ± 8 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(205 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(62.8 ± 4.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis Preserved Leavenworth
Discovery date October 9, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  7381 • PGC  69828 • ESO  603-017 • MCG  -03-58-007a • 2MASX  J22500813-1943304 • SGC  224727-1959.3 • 2MASS J22500797-1943305

NGC 7381 is an annular spiral galaxy with extended star formation from the Hubble type Scd in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 205 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on October 9, 1885 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7381
  3. Seligman