NGC 7784

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Galaxy
NGC 7784
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 55 m 13.7 s
declination + 21 ° 45 ′ 44 ″
Appearance
Morphological type C.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.50 × 0.5
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.026185 +/- 0.000110  
Radial velocity 7850 +/- 33 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(358 ± 25)  x  10 6  ly
(109.8 ± 7.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Discovery date October 1, 1883
Catalog names
NGC  7784 • PGC  72862 • CGCG  477-029 • MCG  + 04-01-001 • 2MASX  J23551365 + 2145438 • GALEX ASC J235513.51 + 214545.1

NGC 7784 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Pegasus at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 358 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 50,000 ly.
The galaxy NGC 7786 is located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered on October 1, 1883 by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 7784
  3. Seligman