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Galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus

NGC 7315

NGC 7315
All data from the card 13
Constellation
Pegasus
Right ascension
22h 35m 31.692s
Declination
+34° 48′ 12.81″
Redshift
0.021055
Heliocentric radial velocity
6312 km/s
Distance
282.9 Mly (86.75 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)
13.8
Magnitude (J)
10.688
Magnitude (H)
10.113
Magnitude (K)
9.725
Type
S0
Size
143,200 ly (43,920 pc)
Apparent size (V)
1.6′ × 1.6′

NGC 7315 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus. It was discovered on 11 September 1872 by Édouard Stephan. It was described as "very faint, extremely small, round, brighter middle" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 7315: SN 2007B (type Ia, mag. 16.7) was discovered on 5 January 2007 by Kōichi Itagaki.

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