PGC 7121

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 7121
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Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 54 m 57.29 s
declination -17 ° 04 ′ 47.5 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (rs) a?  
Brightness  (visual) 15.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.8 likes
Angular expansion 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′
Surface brightness 14.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.049691 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 14,897 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(665 ± 47)  ·  10 6  ly
(203.9 ± 14.3)  Mpc 
diameter 100,000 ly
history
Catalog names
PGC  7121 • 2MASX  J01545728-1704477 • SGC  0152.8-1716 • 2MASS J01545730-1704472 • GALEX ASC J015457.27-170448.3 • NSA 130689

LEDA / PGC 7121 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 665 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter .

This galaxy is often confused with NGC 734 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : NGC 734
  3. Seligman