PGC 72499
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 72499 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 48 m 56.880 s |
| declination | -16 ° 32 ′ 25.60 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024811 ± 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | 7346 ± 37 km / s |
| distance | 337.2 ly / 103.4 pc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7759A • PGC 72499 • MCG -03-60-019 • 2MASX I J2348568-163225 • 2MASS J23485688-1632253 • WISEA J234856.86-163225.3 | |
LEDA / PGC 72499 (also NGC 7759A ) is a weakly illuminated spiral galaxy from the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 337 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 7759 , it forms an interactive galaxy pair .
The galaxies NGC 7754 and NGC 7763 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on November 28, 1885 .