NGC 7754

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Galaxy
NGC 7754
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Constellation Aquarius
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 49 m 11.21 s
declination -16 ° 36 ′ 02.1 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sa?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.60 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 128 °
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.025888 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 7761 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(349 ± 24)  x  10 6  ly
(107.1 ± 7.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis Leavenworth
Discovery date November 28, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  7754 • PGC  72511 • MCG  -03-60-021 • IRAS  23466-1652 • SGC  2346.6-1654 • GALEX ASC J234911.26-163602.2 • WISEA J234911.26-163602.3

NGC 7754 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 349 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 7759 and NGC 7763 are in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on November 28, 1885 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7754
  3. Seligman