NGC 7470

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Galaxy
NGC 7470
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Constellation crane
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 05 m 14.0 s
declination -50 ° 06 ′ 42 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') SAB (s) cd  
Brightness  (visual) 13.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.4 'x 0.9'
Position angle 84 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.012295 +/- 0.000050  
Radial velocity 3686 +/- 15 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(162 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(49.8 ± 3.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date September 30, 1834
Catalog names
NGC  7470 • PGC  70431 • ESO  239-009 • IRAS  F23023-5023 • 2MASX  J23051405-5006413 • SGC  230220-5022.9 •

NGC 7470 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Crane on southern sky . It is estimated to be 162 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 30, 1834 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7470
  3. Seligman