NGC 7838

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NGC 7838
NGC7838 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 7838. The galaxy NGC 7837 can be seen to the right of NGC 7838.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 00h 06m 53.9s [1]
Declination 08° 21′ 03″ [1]
Redshift 0.038713 [1]
Helio radial velocity 11606 km/s [1]
Distance 500  Mly (153  Mpc) [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)16 [1]
Characteristics
Type S0-a [2]
Size~89,000  ly (27.3  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)0.6 x 0.3 [1]
Other designations
ARP 246 NED02, CGCG 408-034 NED02, MCG +01-01-036, PGC 000525 [1]

NGC 7838 is a spiral [3] [4] or lenticular galaxy [4] located about 500 million light-years away [5] in the constellation of Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on November 29, 1864. [3] NGC 7838 appears to interact with NGC 7837 forming Arp 246. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7838. Retrieved 2019-03-15.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. ↑ "HyperLeda Database". Results for NGC 7838. Retrieved 2019-03-15.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. 1 2 3 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7800 – 7840". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  4. 1 2 "HyperLeda -object description". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  5. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
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