NGC 7706
| Galaxy NGC 7706 |
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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 35 m 10.4 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 57 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 1.0' |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018793 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 5634 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(258 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (79.0 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 16, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7706 • UGC 12686 • PGC 71817 • CGCG 407-015 • MCG + 01-60-006 • 2MASX J23351046 + 0457511 • GALEX ASC J233510.61 + 045750.5 • LDCE 1585 NED004 | |
NGC 7706 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 258 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7696 , NGC 7704 , NGC 7705 , IC 1500 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on October 16, 1827 .