NGC 7711

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Galaxy
NGC 7711
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 35 m 39.4 s
declination + 15 ° 18 ′ 07 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 12.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.1 mag
Angular expansion 2.6 '× 1.3'
Position angle 95 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 7711 group
LGG 477  
Redshift 0.013533 ± 0.000090  
Radial velocity (4057 ± 27) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(189 ± 13)  ·  10 6  ly
(57.8 ± 4.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date October 14, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  7711 • UGC  12691 • PGC  71836 • CGCG  432-007 • MCG  + 02-60-004 • 2MASX  J23353940 + 1518077 • GC  4991 • H  II 244 • h  2256 • GALEX ASC J233539.46 + 151807.9 • LDCE 1581 NED008

NGC 7711 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 189 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7691 , NGC 7703 , NGC 7722 .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on October 14, 1784 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7711
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman