NGC 7800

NGC 7800
A Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) image of NGC 7800
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pegasus
Right ascension	23^h 59^m 37.10^s[1]
Declination	+14° 48′ 26.0″[1]
Redshift	0.0058 ± 0.00016[1]
Distance	70 Mly (21.48 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.6[1]
Characteristics
Type	Im[1]
Size	51,000 ly
Apparent size (V)	1.862' x 0.912'[1]
Notable features	Used to be a spiral(?)
Other designations
KUG 2357+145, IRAS 23570+1431, 2MASX J23593630+1448200, UGC 12885, MCG +02-01-007, PGC 73177 [1]

NGC 7800 is an irregular galaxy located around 70 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.^[1] It was discovered on the 24th of December in 1783 by William Herschel.^[2] NGC 7800 is not known to have an active galactic nucleus, and is not known to have much star-forming regions.^[3][1]

References

1. "Results for object NGC 7800". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
2. "NGC 7800 - Galaxy - SKY-MAP". www.wikisky.org. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
3. "NGC 7800 - Irregular Galaxy in Pegasus | TheSkyLive.com". theskylive.com. Retrieved 2024-01-13.

External links

• Media related to NGC 7800 at Wikimedia Commons

• More on NGC 7800