NGC 7503
| Galaxy NGC 7503 |
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| NGC 7503 with LEDA 1325638 (left) & LEDA 1325069 (right), SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 10 m 42.3 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 34 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.8' |
| Surface brightness | 13 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.044237 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 13,262 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(599 ± 42) x 10 6 ly (183.7 ± 12.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | September 2, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7503 • PGC 70628 • CGCG 406-012 • MCG + 01-59-008 • 2MASX J23104223 + 0734033 • GALEX ASC J231042.52 + 073404.4 | |
NGC 7503 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E2 in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 499 million light years from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7499 and NGC 7501 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2001ic was observed here.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on September 2, 1864 .