NGC 7737

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Galaxy
NGC 7737
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NGC 7737 with LEDA 1795655 (bottom left), [1] SDSS image
NGC 7737 with LEDA 1795655 (bottom left), SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 42 m 46.41 s
declination + 27 ° 03 ′ 10.6 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / a  
Brightness  (visual) 13.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 '× 0.4'
Position angle 147 °
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 2634  
Redshift 0.025478 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 7638 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(349 ± 24)  x  10 6  ly
(107.1 ± 7.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Guillaume Bigourdan
Discovery date October 3, 1886
Catalog names
NGC  7737 • UGC  12745 • PGC  72182 • CGCG  476-118 • MCG  + 04-55-048 • 2MASX  J23424642 ​​+ 2703107 • GALEX ASC J234246.41 + 270311.4 • LDCE 1595 NED002 • WISEA J234246.40 + 270310.4

NGC 7737 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 349 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter. Gravitational binding with PGC 72179 is possible .
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 7735 , NGC 7741 , NGC 7745 .

The object was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on October 3, 1886 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7737
  4. Seligman