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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Pegasus
Right ascension
23 27 56.7
Declination
+08 ° 46 ′ 45 ″
Redshift
0.028924 ± 0.000030
Heliocentric radial velocity
8,671 ± 9 km / s
Distance
380 Mly (117 Mpc )
Type
SA(r)bc pec
Apparent size v
1.1 ′ × 1.0 ′
Notable features
Seyfert galaxy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
spiral galaxy
Constellation
Pegasus
Distance from Earth
122.6
Image
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 7674 (2008-04-24).jpg
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Commons category
NGC 7674
discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1830-08-16
catalog code
Gaia DR2 2761166240454073728
apparent magnitude
12.468
galaxy morphological type
SBb
redshift
0.0289
right ascension
351.98623948134290
declination
8.77895507737220
radial velocity
8766
epoch
J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 7674 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pegasus. It is located at a distance of about 350 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 7674 is about 125,000 light years across. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 16 August 1830.

Characteristics

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