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NGC 7437 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pegasus

Altitude: 52.7°   Azimuth: 173.9°   Direction: South

NGC 7437 is a Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in the Pegasus constellation. NGC 7437 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.

NGC 7437
Galaxy
Pegasus

NGC 7437 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 52.7°
Azimuth: 173.9°
Direction: South

See also NGC 7437 rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 14.4, NGC 7437 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 14 inches (350mm) or more.

Available Resources for NGC 7437 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pegasus

Photometric information of NGC 7437

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 7437 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

14.4
12.62
12.5
11.98

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

The surface brightess reported below is an indication of the brightness per unit of angular area of NGC 7437.

23.84 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of NGC 7437

The following table reports NGC 7437 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 7437 is a visual representation of it.
1.71 arcmin
1.64 arcmin
145°

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 7437

The image below is a photograph of NGC 7437 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

DSS2 image of NGC 7437 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.71 arcmin) and minor (1.64 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

NGC 7437 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pegasus morphological classification

NGC 7437 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pegasus is classified as Intermediate Spiral (SABc) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 7437 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pegasus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 7437 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pegasus, Intermediate Spiral (SABc).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 7437

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 7437 are provided in the following table:

22h 58m 09s
+14° 18’ 30”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 7437 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Simplified finder chart for NGC 7437 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pegasus.

Simplified finder chart for NGC 7437 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pegasus.

Rise ans set times of NGC 7437 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's NGC 7437 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pegasus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.7°
Max altitude: 52.8°
Azimuth: 284.3°
NGC 7437 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pegasus is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom
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