NGC 7520
| Galaxy NGC 7520 / IC 5290 | |
|---|---|
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius | 
| Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 | |
| 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 .


