NGC 7426
| Galaxy NGC 7426 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lizard |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 56 m 02.8 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 21 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.70 × 1.4 |
| Position angle | 72 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017762 +/- 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 5325 +/- 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(247 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (75.8 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 18, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7426 • UGC 12256 • PGC 70042 • CGCG 515-012 • MCG + 06-50-012 • 2MASX J22560284 + 3621411 • GC 4868 • H III 576 • h 2192 • LDCE 1542 NED004 | |
NGC 7426 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Lizard at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 247 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 120,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 7440 .
The object was discovered on October 18, 1786 by the astronomer William Herschel .