NGC 7716
| Galaxy NGC 7716 |
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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 36 m 31.4 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 17 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) b: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 479 |
| Redshift | 0.008604 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 2579 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(121 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (37.0 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 6, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7716 • UGC 12702 • PGC 71883 • CGCG 381-013 • MCG + 00-60-019 • IRAS 23339 + 0001 • 2MASX J23363145 + 0017503 • | |
NGC 7716 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 121 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on September 6, 1831 by the astronomer John Herschel with his 18.7 inch reflector telescope and was later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .
NGC 7716 group ( LGG 479 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 7716 | PGC 71883 | 121 |
| NGC 7714 | PGC 71868 | 130 |
| NGC 7715 | PGC 71878 | 129 |
| PGC 71837 | UGC 12690 | 122 |
| PGC 71926 | UGC 12709 | 125 |
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