PGC 70880
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 70880 / LEDA / PGC 70881 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 16 m 01.4 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 39 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sdm: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 7619 group NGC 7626 group LGG 473 |
| Redshift | 0.011698 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 3507 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(163 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (50.1 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7562A • UGC 12467 • PGC 70880 • PGC 70881 • MCG + 01-59-025 • GALEX ASC J231601.25 + 063906.4 • 2MASS J23160137 + 0639074 | |
LEDA / PGC 70880 (70881) ( NGC 7562A ) is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sd in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 163 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years across . Together with NGC 7562 , it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7557 , NGC 7564 , NGC 7577 , NGC 7591 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on October 25, 1785 .