NGC 7606
| Galaxy NGC 7606 |
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| Image taken with a 60 cm telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 19 m 04.8 s |
| declination | -08 ° 29 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5.4 'x 2.1' |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007442 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2231 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(104 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (31.9 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 28, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7606 • PGC 71047 • MCG -02-59-012 • IRAS 23164-0845 • 2MASX J23190480-0829065 • GC 4933 • H I 104 • h 3982 • HIPASS J2319-08 | |
NGC 7606 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . The galaxy is estimated to be 104 million light years from the Milky Way and about 160,000 light years in diameter.
The Type Ia supernova SN 1987N was observed here.
The object was discovered on September 28, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
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