NGC 7759
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAquarius
Right ascension23h 48m 54.712s[1]
Declination−16° 32′ 28.26″[1]
Redshift0.024743[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity7326 km/s[2]
Distance336.3 ± 23.6 Mly (103.10 ± 7.24 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.95[4]
Characteristics
TypeSAB00 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]

References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 "NGC 7759". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Results for object NGC 7759 (NGC 7759)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  4. ↑ "Search specification: NGC 7759". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  5. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 7750 - 7799". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
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