NGC 7759

NGC 7759 is a lenticular galaxy^[3] in the constellation Aquarius. It is located about 340 million light-years (100 megaparsecs) away from the Sun.^[3] It was discovered independently by American astronomers Lewis A. Swift and Francis Preserved Leavenworth.^[5]

NGC 7759
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Aquarius
Right ascension	23h 48m 54.712s[1]
Declination	−16° 32′ 28.26″[1]
Redshift	0.024743[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	7326 km/s[2]
Distance	336.3 ± 23.6 Mly (103.10 ± 7.24 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.95[4]
Characteristics
Type	SAB00 pec:[3]
Other designations
MCG -03-60-018, PGC 72496[2]