NGC 7562

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Galaxy
NGC 7562
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NGC 7562 with LEDA 70880 (u) [1] SDSS image
NGC 7562 with LEDA 70880 (u) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 15 m 57.5 s
declination + 06 ° 41 ′ 15 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E2-3 / BLLAC  
Brightness  (visual) 11.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.6 mag
Angular expansion 2.20 × 1.7
Position angle 83 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 7619 group
NGC 7626 group
LGG 473  
Redshift 0.012035 +/- 0.000017  
Radial velocity 3608 ± 5 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(168 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(51.4 ± 3.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date October 25, 1785
Catalog names
NGC  7562 • UGC  12464 • PGC  70874 • CGCG  406-39 • MCG  + 1-59-24 • 2MASX  J23155750 + 0641149 • GC  4921 • H  II-467 • h  2223 •

NGC 7562 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 168 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter . Together with PGC 70880 ( NGC 7562A ) it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair .
The galaxies NGC 7557 , NGC 7564 , NGC 7577 , NGC 7591 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by William Herschel on October 25, 1785 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
  3. a b c d e SEDS
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. Seligman