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 |
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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 |
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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 .