NGC 7838

NGC 7838 is a spiral[3][4] or lenticular galaxy[4] located about 500 million light-years away[5] in the constellation of Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on November 29, 1864.[3] NGC 7838 appears to interact with NGC 7837 forming Arp 246.[3]

NGC 7837
SDSS image of NGC 7838. The galaxy NGC 7837 can be seen to the right of NGC 7838.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	00^h 06^m 53.9^s[1]
Declination	08° 21′ 03″[1]
Redshift	0.038713[1]
Helio radial velocity	11606 km/s[1]
Distance	500 Mly (153 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	16 [1]
Characteristics
Type	S0-a[2]
Size	~89,000 ly (27.3 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	0.6 x 0.3[1]
Other designations
ARP 246 NED02, CGCG 408-034 NED02, MCG +01-01-036, PGC 000525[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (7001–7840)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7838. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
2. "HyperLeda Database". Results for NGC 7838. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
3. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7800 – 7840". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
4. "HyperLeda -object description". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
5. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-16.

External links

• Media related to NGC 7838 at Wikimedia Commons

• NGC 7838 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images