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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.009469884662675537
Morphology
SB(rs)bcpec
Coordinates
RA 348.6827° · Dec 4.5339°
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Key facts

Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
23 14 43.90
Declination
+4 ° 32 ′ 03.0 ″
Redshift
0.008936±0.000017
Distance
104 Mly (32.0 M pc )
Type
SB(rs)bc
Size
106,000 ly
Apparent size v
3.2 x 1.0
Notable features
Lots of star-forming regions in spiral arms

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 7541 is a barred spiral galaxy located around 104 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered in 1785 by William Herschel, and it is 106,000 light-years across. NGC 7541 is known to have lots of star-forming regions.

Characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1167958” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.