Astronomy:NGC 7800
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Short description: Irregular galaxy in the constellation Pegasus
NGC 7800 | |
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A Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) image of NGC 7800 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Pegasus |
Right ascension | 23h 59m 37.10s[1] |
Declination | 14° 48′ 26.0″[1] |
Redshift | 0.0058±0.00016[1] |
Distance | 70 Mly (21.48 Mpc)[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.6[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | Im[1] |
Size | 51,000 ly |
Apparent size (V) | 1.862' x 0.912'[1] |
Notable features | Used to be a spiral(?) |
Other designations | |
PGC 73177,[1] UGC 12885,[1] KUG 2357+145, [1]2MASX J23593630+1448200,[1] IRAS 23570+1431, [1]MCG+02-01-007,[1] LEDA 73177[1] |
NGC 7800 is an irregular galaxy located around 70 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.[1] It was discovered on the 24th of December in 1783 by William Herschel.[2] NGC 7800 is not known to have an Active galactic nucleus, and is not known to have much star-forming regions.[3][1]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 "By Name | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+7800&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1.
- ↑ "NGC 7800 - Galaxy - SKY-MAP". http://www.wikisky.org/starview?object_type=2&object_id=3509.
- ↑ "NGC 7800 - Irregular Galaxy in Pegasus | TheSkyLive.com". https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ngc7800-object.
External links
- More on NGC 7800
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC 7800.
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