NGC 7726

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Galaxy
NGC 7726
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NGC 7726 [1] SDSS image
NGC 7726 SDSS Recording
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 39 m 11.91 s
declination + 27 ° 06 ′ 55.2 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (s) b  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 '× 0.6'
Position angle 60 °
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 2534
WBL 721  
Redshift 0.025358 ± 0.000003  
Radial velocity 7602 ± 1 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(348 ± 24)  x  10 6  ly
(106.7 ± 7.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date August 8, 1886
Catalog names
NGC  7726 • UGC  12721 • PGC  72024 • CGCG  476-098 • MCG  + 04-55-040 • 2MASX  J23391190 + 2706550 • GALEX ASC J233912.06 + 270656.2 • LDCE 1595 NED001

NGC 7726 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 348 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7720 , NGC 7728 , IC 5341 , IC 5342 .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on August 8, 1886 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 7726
  4. Seligman