NGC 7427

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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.

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