NGC 7444
| Galaxy NGC 7444 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 00 m 08.9 s |
| declination | -12 ° 50 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) 0 ^ / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 1 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 468 |
| Redshift | 0.010494 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 3146 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(145 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.4 ± 3.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 3, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7444 • PGC 70219 • MCG -02-58-016 • 2MASX J23000897-1250034 • GC 4877 • H II 451 • h 2198 • LDCE 1549 NED002 | |
NGC 7444 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 145 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 70,000 ly.
It is likely to form a gravitationally bound pair of galaxies with NGC 7443 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on October 3, 1785 .