NGC 7479
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NGC 7479 | |
An ultraviolet image of NGC 7479 taken with GALEX. Credit: GALEX/NASA. |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
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Constellation | Pegasus |
Right ascension | 23h 04m 56.6s[1] |
Declination | +12° 19′ 22″[1] |
Redshift | 2381 ± 1 km/s[1] |
Distance | 105 Mly |
Type | SB(s)c[1] |
Apparent dimensions (V) | 4′.1 × 3′.1[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.6[1] |
Other designations | |
UGC 12343,[1] PGC 70419[1] | |
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies |
NGC 7479 is a barred spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel in 1784, about 105 million light-years away. Supernova SN 1990U occurred in NGC 7479.