NGC 7479

Spiral Galaxy NGC 7479 (= H I.55) type SBb, in Pegasus

[n7479mw.jpg]

Right Ascension 23 : 04.9 (h:m)
Declination +12 : 19 (deg:m)
Distance 105000 (kly)
Visual Brightness 11.0 (mag)
Apparent Dimension 4 x 3 (arc min)
Discovered by William Herschel in 1784.

This image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7479 in Pegasus was obtained by amateur astronomer Michael Weiland of the University of Constance, Germany, member of the Interessengemeinschaft Astronomie.

Supernova 1990U occurred in NGC 7479 on July 27, 1990 at 22"W and 54"S of the galaxy's nucleus. It was detected by Pennypacker, Perlmutter and Marvin, and reached mag 16 (see IAUC 5063 and AJ 111, 2017 [1990]).

Caldwell 44 in Patrick Moore's list.

  • NGC 7479 homepage by Seppo Laine

  • NED data of NGC 7479
  • SIMBAD Data of NGC 7479
  • Publications on NGC 7479 (NASA ADS)
  • Observing Reports for NGC 7479 (IAAC Netastrocatalog)
  • NGC Online data for NGC 7479

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