NGC 7562
| Galaxy NGC 7562 |
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![NGC 7562 with LEDA 70880 (u) [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC7562_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 7562 with LEDA 70880 (u) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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 .