NGC 7508
| Galaxy NGC 7508 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 11 m 49.2 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 56 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 '× 0.3' |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.040611 |
| Radial velocity | 12.175 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(551 ± 38) · 10 6 ly (169.0 ± 11.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 13, 1825 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7508 • UGC 12408 • PGC 70663 • CGCG 431-011 • MCG + 02-59-005 • 2MASX J23114919 + 1256255 • | |
NGC 7508 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Pegasus at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 551 million light years from the Milky Way and about 160,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7505 , NGC 7511 , NGC 7515 , NGC 7536 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on October 13, 1825 .