NGC 7739

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Galaxy
NGC 7739
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 44 m 30.1 s
declination + 00 ° 19 ′ 14 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E +:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 '× 0.9'
Position angle 90 °
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.022131 ± 0.000111  
Radial velocity 6635 ± 33 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(302 ± 21)  ·  10 6  ly
(92.5 ± 6.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Gaspare Stanislao Ferrari
Discovery date 1865
Catalog names
NGC  7739 • PGC  72272 • CGCG  381-038 • 2MASX  J23443008 + 0019135 • GALEX ASC J234430.09 + 001913.4

NGC 7739 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble-type E2 in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 302 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky is the galaxy NGC 7738 .

The property was discovered by Gaspare Stanislao Ferrari in 1865 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7739
  3. Seligman