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Galaxy in the constellation Pegasus
NGC 7454
NGC 7454 (SDSS DR14)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPegasus
Right ascension23 01 06.512
Declination+16° 23′ 18.48″
Redshift2,008 km/s
Distance77.17 ± 0.46 Mly (23.66 ± 0.14 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)11.8
Characteristics
TypeE4
Apparent size (V)2.1 × 1.4
Other designations
NGC 7454, UGC 12305, LEDA 70264

NGC 7454 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered on October 15, 1784 by William Herschel. This object has an apparent visual magnitude of 11.8, a visual size of 2.1′ × 1.4′, and a morphological classification of E4. J. L. E. Dreyer described the galaxy as F, cS, lE, lbM, *11 p 1', which indicates it is faint, considerably small, a little extended, with a little brighter middle, and an 11th magnitude star is located 1 arcmin to west.

References

  1. ^ Aranda, Ted (2011). 3,000 Deep-Sky Objects, An Annotated Catalogue. Springer New York. p. 473. ISBN 9781441994196.
  2. ^ Gaia Collaboration (2020-11-01). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Gaia EDR3 (Gaia Collaboration, 2020)". VizieR Online Data Catalog: I/350. Bibcode:2020yCat.1350....0G. doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.1350.
  3. ^ Tully, R. Brent; et al. (October 2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 25. arXiv:1307.7213. Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. S2CID 118494842. 86.
  4. "NGC 7454". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  5. Seligman, Courtney. "Celestial Atlas". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  6. Frommert, Hartmut. "NGC 7454". SEDS. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

External links

  • Media related to NGC 7454 at Wikimedia Commons
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