NGC 7746

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Galaxy
NGC 7746
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NGC 7746 [1]
NGC 7746
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7746
  4. Seligman