Astronomy:NGC 7838

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Short description: Spiral or lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces
NGC 7838
NGC7838 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 7838. The galaxy NGC 7837 can be seen to the right of NGC 7838.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension 00h 06m 53.9s[1]
Declination08° 21′ 03″[1]
Redshift0.038713[1]
Helio radial velocity11606 km/s[1]
Distance500 Mly (153 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)16 [1]
Characteristics
TypeS0-a[2]
Size~89,000 ly (27.3 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)0.6 x 0.3[1]
Other designations
ARP 246 NED02, CGCG 408-034 NED02, MCG +01-01-036, PGC 000525[1]

NGC 7838 is a spiral[3][4] or lenticular galaxy[4] located about 500 million light-years away[5] in the constellation of Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on November 29, 1864.[3] NGC 7838 appears to interact with NGC 7837 forming Arp 246.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7838. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. Retrieved 2019-03-15. 
  2. ↑ "HyperLeda Database". Results for NGC 7838. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/. Retrieved 2019-03-15. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7800 – 7840" (in en-US). http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc78.htm#7838. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "HyperLeda -object description". http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?PGC+000525++++++++++++++++++++. 
  5. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+7838&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. 

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