NGC 7579
| Galaxy NGC 7579 |
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![NGC 7579 with LEDA 70963 (o) & LEDA 1364437 (u) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC7579_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 7579 with LEDA 70963 (o) & LEDA 1364437 (u) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 17 m 38.8 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 26 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 705 |
| Redshift | 0.041062 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 12,310 ± 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(557 ± 39) · 10 6 Lj (170.7 ± 12.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | October 5, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7579 • PGC 70964 • CGCG 406-046 • MCG + 01-59-031 • 2MASX J23173883 + 0925596 • GALEX ASC J231738.82 + 092600.6 • NSA 151022 | |
NGC 7579 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Pegasus north of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 557 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter . In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7584 , NGC 7587 , NGC 7601 , NGC 7609 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on October 5, 1864 .