NGC 7596
Galaxy NGC 7596 / IC 1477 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Aquarius |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 23 h 17 m 12.0 s |
declination | -06 ° 54 ′ 43 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 AGN |
Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 34 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.023950 ± 0.000123 |
Radial velocity | 7180 ± 37 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(326 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (99.8 ± 7.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
Discovery date | September 28, 1886 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 7596 • IC 1477 • PGC 70932 • MCG -01-59-01 • IRAS 23145-0711 • 2MASX J23171201-0654434 • GALEX ASC J231711.92-065443.1 |
NGC 7596 = IC 1477 is a lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 326 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 7600 .
The object was cataloged by Francis Leavenworth (listed as NGC ) on September 28, 1886 and by Stéphane Javelle (listed as IC ) on September 16, 1892 .