NGC 7685

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Galaxy
NGC 7685
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 30 m 33.5 s
declination + 03 ° 54 ′ 06 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (s) c:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.9 'x 1.5'
Position angle 170 °
Surface brightness 14.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.018820 ± 0.000023  
Radial velocity 5642 ± 7 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(258 ± 18)  x  10 6  ly
(79.1 ± 5.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date August 30, 1785
Catalog names
NGC  7685 • UGC  12638 • PGC  71628 • CGCG  406-121 • MCG  + 01-59-087 • IRAS  23279 + 0337 • 2MASX  J23303350 + 0354057 • GC  4975 • H  III 426 • h  2248 • GALEX ASC J233033.48 + 035408.2 • HIPASS J2330 + 03 •

NGC 7685 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 258 million light years from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 7679 , NGC 7682 , NGC 7687 , IC 1500 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on August 30, 1785 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 7685
  3. Seligman