NGC 7473

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Galaxy
NGC 7473
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 03 m 57.1 s
declination + 30 ° 09 ′ 37 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB0  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 45 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023209 ± 0.000093  
Radial velocity 6958 ± 28 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(320 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(98.1 ± 6.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date September 6, 1863
Catalog names
NGC  7473 • UGC  12335 • PGC  70373 • CGCG  496-038 • MCG  + 05-54-030 • 2MASX  J23035707 + 3009365 • LDCE 1561 NED004

NGC 7473 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 320 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky is the galaxy NGC 7457 .

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on September 6, 1863 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7473
  3. Seligman