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]

NGC 7800
A Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) image of NGC 7800
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPegasus
Right ascension23h 59m 37.10s[1]
Declination+14° 48′ 26.0″[1]
Redshift0.0058±0.00016[1]
Distance70 Mly (21.48 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.6[1]
Characteristics
TypeIm[1]
Size51,000 ly
Apparent size (V)1.862' x 0.912'[1]
Notable featuresUsed to be a spiral(?)
Other designations
PGC 73177,[1] UGC 12885,[1] KUG 2357+145, [1]2MASX J23593630+1448200,[1] IRAS 23570+1431, [1]MCG+02-01-007,[1] LEDA 73177[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "By Name | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". 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.
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