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]
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]