NGC 7776
| Galaxy NGC 7776 / IC 1514 |
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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 54 m 16.56 s |
| declination | -13 ° 35 ′ 11.2 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030214 ± 0.000130 |
| Radial velocity | 9058 ± 39 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(408 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (125.0 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | October 31, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7776 • IC 1514 • PGC 72812 • MCG -02-60-022 • 2MASX J23541656-1335110 • GALEX ASC J235416.52-133510.5 • WISEA J235416.58-133511.9 • NVSS J235416-133511 | |
NGC 7776 = IC 1514 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 408 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 7761 .
The object was discovered by Ormond Stone ( listed as NGC ) on October 31, 1885 and by Johann Palisa (listed as IC ) on September 19, 1893 .