NGC 7759

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NGC 7759
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Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Aquarius
Right ascension 23h 48m 54.712s [1]
Declination −16° 32′ 28.26″ [1]
Redshift 0.024743 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 7326 km/s [2]
Distance 336.3 ± 23.6  Mly (103.10 ± 7.24  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)13.95 [4]
Characteristics
Type SAB00 pec: [3]
Other designations
MCG -03-60-018, PGC 72496 [2]

NGC 7759 is a lenticular galaxy [3] in the constellation Aquarius. It is located about 340 million light-years (100 megaparsecs) away from the Sun. [3] It was discovered independently by American astronomers Lewis A. Swift and Francis Preserved Leavenworth. [5]

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  3. 1 2 3 4 "Results for object NGC 7759 (NGC 7759)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
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