NGC 7702

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Galaxy
NGC 7702
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Constellation Phoenix
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 35 m 28.9 s
declination -56 ° 00 ′ 44 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SA (r) 0 ^ +  
Brightness  (visual) 12.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.1 mag
Angular expansion 2.1 '× 1.2'
Position angle 117 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.010777 ± 0.000080  
Radial velocity (3231 ± 24) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(141 ± 10)  x  10 6  ly
(43.2 ± 3.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date October 28, 1834
Catalog names
NGC  7702 • PGC  71829 • ESO  192-009 • 2MASX  J23352887-5600439 •

NGC 7702 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Phoenix. It is estimated to be 141 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on October 28, 1834 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7702
  3. Seligman