NGC 7796
| Galaxy NGC 7796 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Phoenix |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 58 m 59.8 s |
| declination | -55 ° 27 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 'x 1.9' |
| Position angle | 168 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011221 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 3364 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(147 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (45.0 ± 3.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 11, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7796 • PGC 73126 • ESO 149007 • 2MASX J23585980-5527301 • SGC 235625-5544.1 • 2MASS J23585978-5527299 | |
NGC 7796 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Phoenix the southern sky . It is estimated to be 147 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 11, 1836 .