NGC 7402

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Galaxy
NGC 7402
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 22 h 53 m 04.5 s
declination + 01 ° 08 ′ 40 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 '× 0.5'
Position angle 50 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.015527 ± 0.000145  
Radial velocity 4655 ± 43 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(214 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(65.7 ± 4.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery RJ Mitchell
Discovery date October 2, 1856
Catalog names
NGC  7402 • PGC  69914 • CGCG  379-013 • MCG  + 00-58-010 • 2MASX  J22530445 + 0108399 • GALEX ASC J225304.44 + 010839.8

NGC 7402 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 214 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly. a. the galaxies NGC 7396 , NGC 7397 , NGC 7398 , NGC 7401 .

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 7402
  3. Seligman