NGC 7302

NGC 7302 is a lenticular galaxy^[2] located around 124 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Aquarius.^[3][2] NGC 7302 was discovered by British astronomer William Herschel on October 3, 1785 and was rediscovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on August 8, 1896 and was listed in the IC catalogue as IC 5228.^[4] It is also part of a group of interacting galaxies.^[5]

NGC 7302
The galaxy NGC 7302.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Aquarius
Right ascension	22h 32m 23s[1]
Declination	−14° 07′ 15″[1]
Redshift	0.0090[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	2,703 km/s[1]
Distance	124 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.3[1]
Characteristics
Type	SA0−(s)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.8'x 1.1' [1]
Other designations
PGC 69094, IC 5228, MCG -2-57-13 [1]

See also

• NGC 4036
• NGC 2787