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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Numbers	NGC 7596 and IC 1477
Constellation	Aquarius
Right Ascension	23h 17m 12s
Declination	-6° 54' 43"
Distance	c.328,100,000 light years c.100,600,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +14.2 Absolute: -20.8
Diameter	Apparent: 1.0' Actual: c.95,000 light years (long axis)
Hubble Type	S0 Lenticular
Optimum Visibility	September / October
Notes	A lenticular galaxy lying close to the Ecliptic as it passes through Aquarius, NGC 7596 has an active galactic nucleus.

Catalogued as both NGC 7596 and IC 1477, this galaxy lies in the eastern parts of the constellation of Aquarius as seen from Earth, to the south of the Circlet formation in Pisces. Its distance is calculated as 110.6 megaparsecs, which equates to approximately 328 million light years.

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Structurally, NGC 7596 is a lenticular galaxy, in which material is gathered into a distinct plane with a central bulge, but in which the galactic material is largely undifferentiated, with no evidence of spiral arms. This galaxy has an active galactic nucleus, evidencing the existence of a supermassive black hole at the galaxy's core.

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