NGC 7437

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Galaxy
NGC 7437
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 22 h 58 m 10.0 s
declination + 14 ° 18 ′ 31 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (rs) d  
Brightness  (visual) 13.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.8 '× 1.8'
Surface brightness 14.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.007058 +/- 0.000003  
Radial velocity 2116 +/- 1 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(102 ± 7)  ·  10 6  ly
(31.3 ± 2.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date October 31, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  7437 • UGC  12270 • PGC  70131 • CGCG  430-034 • MCG  + 02-58-041 • IRAS  F22557 + 1402 • 2MASX  J22581004 + 1418324 • LEDA 70131

NGC 7437 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scd in the constellation Pegasus at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 102 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 50,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky there are u. a. the galaxies IC 1461 .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 31, 1885 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 7437
  3. Seligman