NGC 7646

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Galaxy
NGC 7646 / IC 5318
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Constellation Aquarius
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 24 m 06.9 s
declination -11 ° 51 ′ 38 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sc / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 '× 0.6'
Position angle 135 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 2597  
Redshift 0.023263 +/- 0.000033  
Radial velocity 6974 +/- 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(315 ± 22)  ·  10 6  ly
(96.7 ± 6.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Farnk Muller
Discovery date 1886
Catalog names
NGC  7646 • IC  5318 • PGC  71338 • MCG  -02-59-015 • IRAS  23215-1208 • 2MASX  J23240695-1151386 •

NGC 7646 = IC 5318 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Aquarius in the southern sky . It is an estimated 315 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 7646
  3. Seligman