NGC 7568

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Galaxy
NGC 7568 / NGC 7574
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NGC 7568 with LEDA 214927 (ro) & LEDA 214926 (ru) [1] SDSS image
NGC 7568 with LEDA 214927 (ro) & LEDA 214926 (ru) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

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 7568
  4. Seligman