NGC 7169 is a large and relatively distant lenticular galaxy located in the constellation of Grus. Its velocity relative to the cosmic microwave background is , corresponding to a Hubble distance of . NGC 7169 was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel in .
To date, one distance measurement that is not based on redshift gives a value of . This value lies well outside the range expected from the Hubble distance. The NASA/IPAC database calculates the diameter of a galaxy using the mean value of independent distance measurements when they are available. Consequently, the diameter of NGC 7169 could be about if the Hubble distance were used for the calculation.
See also List of NGC objects
References
External links
NGC 7169 on the website of Prof. C. Seligman