NGC 7640

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NGC 7640
NGC 7640 - HST - Potw1706a.tif
NGC 7640 (photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 23h 22m 06.58s [1]
Declination +40° 50 43.5 [1]
Redshift 0.001231 ± 0.000004 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity +369 ± 1 km/s [1]
Distance 29.72 ± 0.5 Mly [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)11.1
Absolute magnitude  (V)11.86 [1]
Characteristics
Type SB(s)c
Apparent size  (V)10.5′ × 2′ [1]
Other designations
NGC 7640

NGC 7640 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda. Discovered on October 17, 1786 by the English astronomer William Herschel. The galaxy has an 11th visible magnitude and is located about 30 million light-years from Earth.

NGC 7640 might not look much like a spiral, but this is due to the orientation (edge on) of the galaxy with respect to an observer on Earth. There is evidence that this galaxy has experienced an interaction with another galaxy in the (astronomically) recent past. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7640. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  2. "NASA TV". Hubble Sees Spiral in Andromeda. 2017-02-10. Retrieved 2017-02-13.