NGC 7749

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Galaxy
NGC 7749
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Constellation sculptor
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 45 m 47.55 s
declination -29 ° 31 ′ 04.1 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA0 ^ 0 ^  
Brightness  (visual) 12.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.6 '× 1.1'
Position angle 28 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.034624 ± 0.000067  
Radial velocity (10380 ± 20) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(464 ± 33)  ·  10 6  ly
(142.4 ± 10.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date September 27, 1834
Catalog names
NGC  7749 • PGC  72338 • ESO  471-009 • MCG  -05-56-003 • 2MASX  J23454755-2931041 • SGC  234311-2947.7 • GALEX ASC J234547.37-293103.7 • LDCE 1596 NED001 • WISEA J234547.54-293103.8 • 2MIG 3194.8

NGC 7749 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is an estimated 464 million light years from the Milky Way and about 220,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 27, 1834 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7749
  3. Seligman