NGC 7520
Galaxy NGC 7520 / IC 5290 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Aquarius |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 23 h 12 m 53.2 s |
declination | -23 ° 28 ′ 09 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | (R) Sa |
Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.3 '× 0.8' |
Position angle | 66 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.020718 +/- 0.000033 |
Radial velocity | 6211 +/- 10 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(280 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.8 ± 6.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
Discovery date | 1876 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 7520 • IC 5290 • PGC 70705 • ESO 535-008 • MCG -04-54-014 • 2MASX J21560971-4931188 • SGC 231013-2344.6 • |
NGC 7520 = IC 5290 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Aquarius in the southern sky . It is an estimated 280 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel in 1876 .