NGC 7568
Galaxy NGC 7568 / NGC 7574 |
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NGC 7568 with LEDA 214927 (ro) & LEDA 214926 (ru) SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Pegasus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 23 h 16 m 24.9 s |
declination | + 24 ° 29 ′ 49 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S? |
Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.90 × 0.6 |
Position angle | 120 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | isolated |
Redshift | 0.028006 ± 0.000027 |
Radial velocity | 8396 ± 8 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(384 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (117.6 ± 8.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Edouard Stephan |
Discovery date | October 17, 1876 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 7568/7574 • UGC 12469 • PGC 70892 • CGCG 475-058 • IRAS F23139 + 2413 • 2MASX J23162486 + 2429493 • GALEX ASC J231624.90 + 242948.6 • 2MIG 3143 |
NGC 7568 = NGC 7574 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus north of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 384 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 5293 , IC 5295 , IC 5296 , IC 5297 .
The object was discovered by Edouard Stephan on October 17, 1876 .