NGC 7779
| Galaxy NGC 7779 |
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| NGC 7779 & NGC 7778 , SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 53 m 26.8 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 52 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SA0 / a: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.40 × 1.1 |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017032 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 5106 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(234 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (71.8 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 12, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7779 • UGC 12831 • PGC 72770 • CGCG 407-070 • MCG + 01-60-045 • 2MASX J23532680 + 0752322 • GC 5026 • H III 232 • h 2279 • LDCE 1600 NED002 | |
NGC 7779 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 234 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 7778 , NGC 7780 , NGC 7781 , NGC 7782 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on November 12, 1784 .