NGC 7466

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Galaxy
NGC 7466 / IC 5281
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 02 m 03.4 s
declination + 27 ° 03 ′ 09 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb / Sy2  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.50 × 0.5
Position angle 26 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.025044 ± 0.000010  
Radial velocity 7508 ± 3 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(344 ± 24)  x  10 6  ly
(105.5 ± 7.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Discovery date September 20, 1873
Catalog names
NGC  7466 • IC  5281 • UGC  12319 • PGC  70299 • CGCG  475-023 • MCG  + 04-54-017 • IRAS  22596 + 2647 • 2MASX  J23020343 + 2703093 • Mrk  1127 • 1552 NED009

NGC 7466 = IC 5281 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 344 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on September 20, 1873 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7466
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "NGC 7466" overwrites the previously used key "IC5281".