Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- G
- Redshift
- z = 0.03290687159651173
- Morphology
- cG
- Coordinates
- RA 344.2914° · Dec 8.5057°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Right ascension
- 22 57 09.9277
- Declination
- +08 ° 30 ′ 20.435 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 9706 ± 24 km/s
- Distance
- 449.1 ± 31.5 Mly (137.70 ± 9.66 Mpc )
- Type
- SO
- Size
- ~97,100 ly (29.76 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 0.7′ × 0.7′
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 7427 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 9336 ± 35 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 137.70 ± 9.66 Mpc (~449 million light-years). It was discovered by Russian astronomer Otto Wilhelm von Struve on 22 November 1865.
Supernovae
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 7427” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.