NGC 7746
Galaxy NGC 7746 |
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NGC 7746 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | fishes |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 23 h 45 m 20.00 s |
declination | -01 ° 41 ′ 05.6 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^ |
Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.4 '× 1.1' |
Position angle | 154 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.022959 ± 0.000067 |
Radial velocity | 6883 ± 20 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(312 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.8 ± 6.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis Swift |
Discovery date | September 7, 1886 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 7746 • UGC 12768 • PGC 72319 • CGCG 381-040 • MCG + 00-60-043 • 2MASX J23452001-0141056 • | |
GALEX ASC J234519.97-014104.8 • LDCE 1594 NED002 • NSA 152576 • WISEA J234519.98-014105.4 |
NGC 7746 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 312 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years across.
The galaxies IC 5351 , IC 5352 , IC 5356 , IC 5357 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 7, 1886 .