NGC 7773

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Galaxy
NGC 7773
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NGC 7773 [1] SDSS image
NGC 7773 SDSS Recording
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 52 m 09.89 s
declination + 31 ° 16 ′ 35.8 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SBbc  
Brightness  (visual) 13.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 '× 1.2'
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.028306 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 8486 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(387 ± 27)  ·  10 6  ly
(118.8 ± 8.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date October 9, 1790
Catalog names
NGC  7773 • UGC  12820 • PGC  72681 • CGCG  498-022 • MCG  + 05-56-015 • IRAS  23496 + 3059 • 2MASX  J23520987 + 3116356 • GC  5024 • H  II 851 • h  2277 • NVSS J235209 + 311634 • WISEA J235209. 87 + 311635.7

NGC 7773 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 387 million light years from the Milky Way and about 135,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy NGC 7760 is located in the same area of ​​the sky .

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

Web links

Commons : NGC 7773  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7773
  4. Seligman