| NGC 7610 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 7610 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
| Right ascension | 23 19 41.4 |
| Declination | +10° 11′ 06″ |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 3554 km/s |
| Distance | 160 Mly |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +13.44 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Scd |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.5′ × 1.9′ |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 12511, PGC 071087, | |
NGC 7610 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. Discovered by Andrew Ainslie Common in August 1880, it was accidentally "rediscovered" by him the same month, and later given the designation NGC 7616.
Supernova
In October 2013 SN 2013fs was discovered in NGC 7610. It was detected approximately 3 hours after the light from the explosion reached Earth, and within a few hours optical spectra were obtained - the earliest such observations ever made of a supernova.
References
- ^ "NED results for object NGC 7610". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ Perkins, Sid (2017-02-13). "Exploding Star Yields its Secrets". Science. AAAS. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- Seligman, Courtney. "NGC Objects: NGC 7600 - 7649". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
External links
Media related to NGC 7610 at Wikimedia Commons
