NGC 7785
Galaxy NGC 7785 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | fishes |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 23 h 55 m 19.0 s |
declination | + 05 ° 54 ′ 57 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E5-6 |
Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.5 '× 1.3' |
Position angle | 143 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Isolated |
Redshift | 0.012702 ± 0.000017 |
Radial velocity | 3808 ± 5 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(176 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (53.9 ± 3.8) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | October 25, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 7785 • UGC 12841 • PGC 72867 • CGCG 407-075 • MCG + 01-60-049 • 2MASX J23551903 + 0554571 • GC 5029 • H II 468 • h 2282 • 2XMM J235518.9 + 055457 |
NGC 7785 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E5 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 176 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on October 25, 1785 .