NGC 7454
NGC 7454 (SDSS DR14)
Observation data
ConstellationPegasus[1]
Redshift2,008 km/s[2]
Distance77.17 ± 0.46 Mly (23.66 ± 0.14 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.8[1]
Characteristics
TypeE4[1]
Apparent size (V)2.1 × 1.4[1]
Other designations
NGC 7454, UGC 12305, LEDA 70264

NGC 7454 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered on October 15, 1784 by William Herschel.[3] This object has an apparent visual magnitude of 11.8, a visual size of 2.1′ × 1.4′,[1] and a morphological classification of E4.[1] J. L. E. Dreyer described the galaxy as F, cS, lE, lbM, *11 p 1', which indicates it is faint, considerably small, a little extended, with a little brighter middle, and an 11th magnitude star is located 1 arcmin to west.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Aranda, Ted (2011). 3,000 Deep-Sky Objects, An Annotated Catalogue. Springer New York. p. 473. ISBN 9781441994196.
  2. 1 2 Tully, R. Brent; et al. (October 2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 25. arXiv:1307.7213. Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. S2CID 118494842. 86.
  3. Seligman, Courtney. "Celestial Atlas". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  4. Frommert, Hartmut. "NGC 7454". SEDS. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  • Media related to NGC 7454 at Wikimedia Commons


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