NGC 7454 explained

NGC 7454
Epoch:J2000
Ra:[1]
Type:E4
Appmag V:11.8
Dist Ly:23.66±
Names:[2]

NGC 7454 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered on October 15, 1784 by William Herschel. This object has an apparent visual magnitude of 11.8, a visual size of, and a morphological classification of E4. 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.

Notes and References

  1. Gaia Collaboration . 2020-11-01 . VizieR Online Data Catalog: Gaia EDR3 (Gaia Collaboration, 2020) . VizieR Online Data Catalog . I/350 . 10.26093/cds/vizier.1350 . 2020yCat.1350....0G.
  2. NGC 7454. 2024-10-26.