NGC 7725
| Galaxy NGC 7725 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 39 m 14.8 s |
| declination | -04 ° 32 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.7' |
| Position angle | 123 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019854 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | (5952 ± 45) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(271 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (83.0 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 20, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7725 • PGC 72025 • MCG -01-60-018 • IRAS 23367-0448 • 2MASX J23391478-0432219 • GC 4999 • H III 189 • LDCE 1586 NED008 | |
NGC 7725 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 271 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on September 20, 1784 .