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) | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
| Right ascension | 23h 59m 37.10s[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 | |
| 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] | |
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