NGC 7759
Appearance
NGC 7759 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Aquarius |
Right ascension | 23h 48m 54.712s[1] |
Declination | −16° 32′ 28.26″[1] |
Redshift | 0.024743[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 7326 km/s[2] |
Distance | 336.3 ± 23.6 Mly (103.10 ± 7.24 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.95[4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB00 pec:[3] |
Other designations | |
MCG -03-60-018, PGC 72496[2] |
NGC 7759 is a lenticular galaxy[3] in the constellation Aquarius. It is located about 340 million light-years (100 Megaparsecs) away from the Sun.[3] It was discovered independently by American astronomers Lewis A. Swift and Francis Preserved Leavenworth.[5]
References
- ^ a b Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
- ^ a b c "NGC 7759". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
- ^ a b c d "Results for object NGC 7759 (NGC 7759)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
- ^ "Search specification: NGC 7759". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 7750 - 7799". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-03.