Astronomy:NGC 7302

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Aquarius
NGC 7302
NGC 7302 legacy dr10.jpg
The galaxy NGC 7302.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAquarius
Right ascension 22h 32m 23s[1]
Declination−14° 07′ 15″[1]
Redshift0.0090[1]
Helio radial velocity2,703 km/s[1]
Distance124 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)12.3[1]
Characteristics
TypeSA0−(s)[1]
Apparent size (V)1.8'x 1.1' [1]
Other designations
PGC 69094, IC 5228, MCG -2-57-13 [1]

NGC 7302 is a lenticular galaxy[2] located around 124 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Aquarius.[3][2] NGC 7302 was discovered by British astronomer William Herschel on October 3, 1785 and was rediscovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on August 8, 1896 and was listed in the IC catalogue as IC 5228.[4] It is also part of a group of interacting galaxies.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7302. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=Ngc+7302&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES. 
  3. ↑ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7302 Deep Sky Objects Browser" (in en). https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/8503/ngc-7302/galaxy. 
  4. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7300 - 7349" (in en-US). http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc73.htm. 
  5. ↑ "NGC 7302". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+7302. 

External links

Coordinates: Sky map 22h 32m 23s, −14° 07′ 15″




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