NGC 7716
NGC 7716, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	23h 36m 30s
Declination	+00° 17′ 50″
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.9
Surface brightness	22.75 mag/arcsec2
Characteristics
Type	SAb
Other designations
PGC 71883, UGC 12702, MCG 0-60-19, CGCG 381-13, IRAS 23339+0001

NGC 7716 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 2,201 ± 26 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 32.5 ± 2.3 Mpc (~106 million ly).^[1] NGC 7716 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1831.^[2]

The luminosity class of NGC 7716 is II and it has a broad HI line.^[3] According to the SIMBAD database, NGC 7716 is a candidate galaxy for the active galaxy classification.^[4]

To date, twelve non-redshift measurements give a distance of 32.442 ± 5.854 Mpc (~106 million ly), which is within the Hubble distance values.^[5]

NGC 7716 group

NGC 7716 is a member of a galaxy group of the same name. NGC 7716 group contains 5 members. The other galaxies in this group are NGC 7714, NGC 7715, UGC 12690 and UGC 12709.^[6]

See also

• List of NGC objects (7001–7840)

External links

• NGC 7716 at NASA/IPAC
• NGC 7716 at SIMBAD
• NGC 7716 at LEDA

References