NGC 7427
Galaxy NGC 7427 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Pegasus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 22 h 57 m 09.9 s |
declination | + 08 ° 30 ′ 20 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 15.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.032376 +/- 0.000080 |
Radial velocity | 9706 +/- 24 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(441 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (135.1 ± 9.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Otto Wilhelm von Struve |
Discovery date | November 22, 1865 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 7427 • PGC 70091 • CGCG 405-018 • MCG + 01-58-016 • 2MASX J22570992 + 0830203 • Mrk 521 • ZWG 405.18 |
NGC 7427 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is estimated 441 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 7430 and NGC 7451 .
The object was discovered on November 22, 1865 by Otto Wilhelm von Struve .