NGC 7785
| Galaxy NGC 7785 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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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 |
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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 .