NGC 7797
| Galaxy NGC 7797 |
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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 58 m 58.9 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 38 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 × 0.9 |
| Position angle | 13 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029534 ± 0.000233 |
| Radial velocity | 8854 ± 70 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(401 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (122.9 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 6, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7797 • UGC 12877 • PGC 73125 • CGCG 382-010 • MCG + 00-01-011 • 2MASX J23585887 + 0338045 • GC 5037 • H III 867 • h 2289 • GALEX ASC J235858.85 + 033806.1 | |
NGC 7797 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 400 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on December 6, 1790 .