NGC 7592
| Galaxy NGC 7592 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 18 m 22.2 s |
| declination | -04 ° 25 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ + pec?; LIRG Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 57 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024444 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 7328 (± 34) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(332 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (101.9 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 20, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7592 • PGC 70999 • MCG -01-59-017 • IRAS 23157-0441 • VV 731 • GC 4930 • H III 186 • | |
NGC 7592 is an interacting galaxy pair in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is classified as a Seyfert 2 galaxy, a special type of very bright galaxies that belong to the group of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). It is around 332 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on September 20, 1784 by William Herschel .