NGC 7759
| Galaxy NGC 7759 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 48 m 54.70 s |
| declination | -16 ° 32 ′ 28.2 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 '× 0.9' |
| Position angle | 141 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024437 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 7326 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(330 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (101.2 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | November 28, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7759 • PGC 72496 • MCG -03-60-018 • 2MASX J23485471-1632282 • SGC 234620-1649.1 • GALEX ASC J234854.66-163228.0 • WISEA J234854.68-163228.0 | |
NGC 7759 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 330 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter. Together with PGC 72499 , it forms an interactive galaxy pair .
The galaxies NGC 7754 and NGC 7763 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on November 28, 1885 .