NGC 7515

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Galaxy
NGC 7515
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SDSS image from NGC 7515 [1]
SDSS image from NGC 7515
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 12 m 48.7 s
declination + 12 ° 40 ′ 45 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 12.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.7 '× 1.6'
Position angle 15 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Pegasus group
NGC 7515 group
LGG 471  
Redshift 0.014927 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity 4475 ± 5 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(207 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(63.5 ± 4.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date October 19, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  7515 • UGC  12418 • PGC  70699 • CGCG  431-015 • MCG  + 02-59-008 • IRAS  23103 + 1224 • 2MASX  J23124864 + 1240454 • GC  4903 • H  III 220 • h  2214 • NVSS J231248 + 124053 • LDCE 1562 NED004

NGC 7515 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Pegasus north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 207 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years across.

Together with NGC 7535 , NGC 7536 , NGC 7563 , NGC 7570 , NGC 7580 , PGC 70557 , PGC 70558 and PGC 70637 , it forms the NGC 7515 group or LGG 471 .

The object was discovered by William Herschel on October 19, 1784 .

NGC 7515 group ( LGG 471 )

Galaxy Alternative name Distance / million Lj
NGC 7515 PGC 70699 207
NGC 7535 PGC 70761 218
NGC 7536 PGC 70765 217
NGC 7570 PGC 70912 217
NGC 7580 PGC 70962 205
NGC 7563 PGC 70872 194
PGC 70558 UGC 12388 212
PGC 70557 MCG + 02-59-02 203
PGC 70637 UGC 12403 210

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7515
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. Seligman