NGC 7738
Galaxy NGC 7738 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | fishes |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 23 h 44 m 02.0 s |
declination | + 00 ° 31 '00 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (rs) b / LINER |
Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.0 '× 1.5' |
Position angle | 80 ° |
Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.022556 ± 0.000040 |
Radial velocity | 6762 ± 12 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(307 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (94.2 ± 6.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Gaspare Stanislao Ferrari |
Discovery date | 1865 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 7738 • UGC 12757 • PGC 72247 • CGCG 381-033 • MCG + 00-60-038 • IRAS 23414 + 0014 • 2MASX J23440204 + 0031003 • NVSS J234402 + 003059 |
NGC 7738 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 307 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 180,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 7739 .
The property was discovered by Gaspare Stanislao Ferrari in 1865 .
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