NGC 7802

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Galaxy
NGC 7802
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 01 m 00.4 s
declination + 06 ° 14 ′ 31 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 13.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 52 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.017759 ± 0.000077  
Radial velocity 5324 ± 23 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(244 ± 17)  x  10 6  ly
(74.7 ± 5.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date September 25, 1830
Catalog names
NGC  7802 • UGC  12902 • PGC  81 • CGCG  408-007 • MCG  + 01-01-008 • 2MASX  J00010043 + 0614312 •

NGC 7802 is a Lenticular Galaxy of the Hubble-Type S0? It is an estimated 244 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 25, 1830 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7802
  3. Seligman