NGC 7385
| Galaxy NGC 7385 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 49 m 54.6 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 36 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | cD / E / pec: / LERG |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 x 1.1 |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026175 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 7847 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(358 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (109.8 ± 7.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 18, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7385 • UGC 12207 • PGC 69824 • CGCG 430-015 • MCG + 02-58-017 • 2MASX J22495459 + 1136308 • GC 4845 • H III 216 • h 2183 • USGC U823 NED07 • MRC 2247 + 113 | |
NGC 7385 is a compact elliptical galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type E in the constellation Pegasus. It is estimated to be 358 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 135,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 7383 , NGC 7386 , NGC 7388 , NGC 7390 , among others .
The object was discovered on October 18, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel with his 18.7 inch reflector telescope and was later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .