NGC 7554

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Galaxy
NGC 7554
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 15 m 41.3 s
declination -02 ° 22 ′ 43 ″
Appearance
Morphological type cE0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.9 mag
Angular expansion 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.026700  
Radial velocity 8004 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(363 ± 25)  x  10 6  ly
(111.3 ± 7.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date August 3, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  7554 • PGC  70850 • GC  6154 • III Zw 99

NGC 7554 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Pisces , the estimated 363 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center. Together with NGC 7576 it forms a close optical double system in the sky.

The object was discovered on August 3, 1864 by Albert Marth .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : NGC 7554
  3. Seligman