NGC 7427 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 9336 ± 35 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 137.70 ± 9.66 Mpc (~449 million light-years). It was discovered by Russian astronomer Otto Wilhelm von Struve on 22 November 1865.

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 7427:

  • SN 2019uzd (Type Ia, mag. 18.94) was discovered by the Automatic Learning for the Rapid Classification of Events (ALeRCE) on 16 November 2019.
  • SN 2023uma (Type Ia, mag. 18.13) was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility on 9 October 2023.

See also

External links

  • Media related to NGC 7427 at Wikimedia Commons
  • NGC 7427 on WikiSky: , , , , , , , ,