NGC 7507

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Galaxy
NGC 7507
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NGC 7507 2MASS.jpg
2MASS image of NGC 7507
AladinLite
Constellation sculptor
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 12 m 07.6 s
declination -28 ° 32 ′ 23 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E0  
Brightness  (visual) 10.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 11.4 mag
Angular expansion 2.8 ′ × 2.7 ′
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.005224 +/- 0.000050  
Radial velocity 1566 +/- 15 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(71 ± 5)  x  10 6  ly
(21.9 ± 1.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date October 30, 1783
Catalog names
NGC  7507 • PGC  70676 • ESO  469-019 • MCG  -05-54-022 • 2MASX  J23120759-2832227 • SGC  230926-2848.8 • GC  4900 • H  II 2 • h  3974 • LDCE 1558 NED002

NGC 7507 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is an estimated 71 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 7513 and IC 1475 .

The object was discovered on October 30, 1783 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 7507  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS: NGC 7507
  3. Seligman