Astronomy:NGC 7726
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 NGC 7726, as photographed during the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
| Right ascension | 23h 40m 25s |
| Declination | +27° 15′ 05″ |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)b[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 12721, MCG04-55-040, PGC 72024[1] | |
NGC 7726 is a large barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky. It is estimated to be 348 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light-years in diameter. Many other objects are located within a close proximity to NGC 7726, including NGC 7720, NGC 7728, IC 5341 and IC 5342.[2][1][3]
The object was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on August 8, 1886.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+7726&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.
- ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 7726". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC%207726.
- ↑ "P/DSS2/color visualisation of NGC 7726 in Aladin Lite". http://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/AladinLite/?target=NGC%20%207726&fov=0.033334&survey=P/DSS2/color.
- ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7700 - 7749". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc77.htm.
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