NGC 7763
| Galaxy NGC 7763 |
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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 50 m 15.700 s |
| declination | -16 ° 35 ′ 24.00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 163 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018296 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 5485 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(248 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (75.9 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | November 28, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7763 • PGC 72565 • 2MASX J23501567-1635236 • SGC 2347.7-1653 • GALEX ASC J235015.76-163524.5 • WISEA J235015.70-163524.0 | |
NGC 7763 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 248 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 7754 and NGC 7759 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on November 28, 1885 .