NGC 7759 explained

NGC 7759
Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Aquarius
Ra:	^[1]
H Radial V:	7326 km/s
Z:	0.024743
Dist Ly:	^[2]
Type:	SAB0^0 pec:
Appmag B:	13.95^[3]
Names:	^[4]

NGC 7759 is a lenticular galaxy^[2] in the constellation Aquarius. It is located about 340 million light-years (100 megaparsecs) away from the Sun.^[2] It was discovered independently by American astronomers Lewis A. Swift and Francis Preserved Leavenworth.^[5]

Notes and References

1. 10.1086/498708 . Skrutskie . Michael F. . Cutri . Roc M. . Stiening . Rae . Weinberg . Martin D. . Schneider . Stephen E. . Carpenter . John M. . Beichman . Charles A. . Capps . Richard W. . Chester . Thomas . Elias . Jonathan H. . Huchra . John P. . Liebert . James W. . Lonsdale . Carol J. . Monet . David G. . Price . Stephan . Seitzer . Patrick . Jarrett . Thomas H. . Kirkpatrick . J. Davy . Gizis . John E. . Howard . Elizabeth V. . Evans . Tracey E. . Fowler . John W. . Fullmer . Linda . Hurt . Robert L. . Light . Robert M. . Kopan . Eugene L. . Marsh . Kenneth A. . McCallon . Howard L. . Tam . Robert . Van Dyk . Schuyler D. . Wheelock . Sherry L. . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) . The Astronomical Journal . 1 February 2006 . 131 . 2 . 1163–1183 . 2006AJ....131.1163S . 18913331 . 0004-6256 . free .
2. Web site: Results for object NGC 7759 (NGC 7759). NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. 2021-02-03.
3. Web site: Search specification: NGC 7759. HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. 2021-02-03.
4. NGC 7759. 2021-02-03.
5. Web site: New General Catalogue objects: NGC 7750 - 7799. Seligman, Courtney. cseligman.com. 2021-02-03.