NGC 7816
| Galaxy NGC 7816 |
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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 | 00 h 03 m 48.8 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 28 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′, 7 × 1 ′, 5 |
| Position angle | 171 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017480 ± 0.000022 |
| Radial velocity | 5240 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(240 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.5 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 26, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7816 • UGC 16 • PGC 263 • CGCG 408-018 • MCG + 01-01-018 • IRAS 00012 + 0712 • 2MASX J00034885 + 0728429 • GC 5047 • GC 5048 • H III-436 • h 2298 • h 2299 • HIPASS J0003 + 07 • NSA 126112 | |
NGC 7816 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 240 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7818 and NGC 7824 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on September 26, 1788 .
Web links
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