NGC 7558

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Galaxy
NGC 7558
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SDSS image from NGC 7558 [1]
SDSS image from NGC 7558
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 15 m 38.2 s
declination + 18 ° 55 ′ 11 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E? / Sat  
Brightness  (visual) 14.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.9 mag
Angular expansion 0.4 '× 0.4'
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation HCG 93  
Redshift 0.029624 ± 0.000130  
Radial velocity (8881 ± 39) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(405 ± 28)  ·  10 6  Lj
(124.1 ± 8.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date November 3, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  7558 • PGC  70844 • MCG  + 03-59-016 • 2MASX  J23153820 + 1855111 • HCG  93E • GALEX ASC J231538.27 + 185512.3 • NSA 150918

NGC 7558 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Pegasus north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 405 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter .

Together with NGC 7547 , NGC 7549 and NGC 7550 , it forms the galaxy group HCG 93 .

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 7558
  4. Seligman