NGC 7454
SDSS image of NGC 7454
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pegasus[1]
Right ascension	23h 01m 06.512s[2]
Declination	+16° 23′ 18.48″[2]
Redshift	2,008 km/s[3]
Distance	77.17 ± 0.46 Mly (23.66 ± 0.14 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.8[1]
Characteristics
Type	E4[1]
Apparent size (V)	2.1′ × 1.4′[1]
Other designations
NGC 7454, UGC 12305, LEDA 70264[4]

NGC 7454 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered on October 15, 1784 by William Herschel.^[5] This object has an apparent visual magnitude of 11.8, a visual size of 2.1′ × 1.4′,^[1] and a morphological classification of E4.^[1] 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.^[6]

References

External links

• Media related to NGC 7454 at Wikimedia Commons

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