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EntityQ1169567· pop 31

galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Redshift
z = 0.020694
Coordinates
RA 1.6185° · Dec -3.7161°
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Key facts

Right ascension
00 06 32.9
Declination
−03 ° 43 ′ 00 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
5,893 ± 28 km/s
Galactocentric velocity
5,618 km/s
Distance
265 Mly (81.2 Mpc )
Type
E
Apparent size v
1.68′ × 0.38′
Notable features
Discovered by William Herschel in 1784

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
69.43
Image
NGC7832 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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time of discovery or invention
1784-09-20
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
catalog code
LEDA 485
apparent magnitude
9.450
redshift
0.020694
galaxy morphological type
E
right ascension
1.6185375
declination
-3.7161417
Commons category
NGC 7832
radial velocity
6140
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 7832 is an magnitude 13.2 elliptical galaxy located in the Pisces constellation. It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on September 20, 1784. NGC 7832 is located close to the celestial equator and it is partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.

Observation

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 7832” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.