NGC 7494
| Galaxy NGC 7494 |
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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 08 m 58.6 s |
| declination | -24 ° 22 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 81 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026675 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 7997 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(359 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (110.2 ± 7.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7494 • PGC 70568 • ESO 535-005 • MCG -04-54-007 • 2MASX J23085858-2422106 • SGC 230618-2438.4 • GALEX ASC J230858.69-242210.1 | |
NGC 7494 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 359 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 7498 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on September 24, 1864 .