NGC 7701
| Galaxy NGC 7701 |
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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 34 m 31.5 s |
| declination | -02 ° 51 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0o |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 476 |
| Redshift | 0.017799 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 5336 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(243 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (74.6 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 20, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7701 • PGC 71779 • MCG -01-60-007 • 2MASX J23343148-0251152 • GC 4984 • H III 188 • GALEX ASC J233431.66-025118.0 • LDCE 1586 NED005 | |
NGC 7701 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 243 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7699 , NGC 7700 , NGC 7710 , IC 1501 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on September 20, 1784 .