NGC 7401

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Galaxy
NGC 7401
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 22 h 52 m 58.5 s
declination + 01 ° 08 ′ 34 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB: (s:) a:  
Brightness  (visual) 14.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.0 '× 0.6'
Position angle 84 °
Surface brightness 14.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.016748 ± 0.000226  
Radial velocity 5021 ± 68 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(231 ± 16)  x  10 6  ly
(70.7 ± 5.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery RJ Mitchell
Discovery date October 2, 1856
Catalog names
NGC  7401 • PGC  69911 • 2MASX  J22525858 + 0108339 • SDSS J225258.56 + 010833.8 • NSA 5267

NGC 7401 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 231 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly. a. the galaxies NGC 7396 , NGC 7397 , NGC 7398 , NGC 7402 .

The object was discovered by RJ Mitchell on October 2, 1856 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7401
  3. Seligman