NGC 7685
| Galaxy  NGC 7685  | 
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes | 
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Position  equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0  | 
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| 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 | 
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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 .