NGC 7760

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Galaxy
NGC 7760
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NGC 7760 [1] SDSS image
NGC 7760 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 49 m 11.94 s
declination + 30 ° 58 ′ 59.3 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 '× 0.9'
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.017505 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 5248 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(243 ± 17)  x  10 6  ly
(74.4 ± 5.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date October 9, 1790
Catalog names
NGC  7760 • UGC  12794 • PGC  72512 • CGCG  498-014 • MCG  + 05-56-008 • 2MASX  J23491191 + 3058590 • GC  5015 • H  III 854 • h  2271 • LDCE 1597 NED004 • WISEA J234911.94 + 305859.5 • KIG 1042

NGC 7760 is a galaxy of Hubble type E? in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 243 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy NGC 7773 is located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on October 9, 1790 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 7760  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 7760
  4. Seligman