NGC 7479

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NGC 7479

An ultraviolet image of NGC 7479 taken with GALEX.
Credit: GALEX/NASA.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Results for NGC 7479. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.