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| Catalogue and alternative designations |
NGC 7213 |
| Type | Galaxy |
| Position | 22 09 16, -47 09 59 |
| Constellation | Grus |
| Camera and Telescope | STXL6303E and 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | A LRGB image with luminance = 110 minutes, red = green = blue = 60 minutes. All unbinned |
| Description | NGC
7213 is easy to find because it
is only 16 arcminutes to the
north west of magnitude 1.7
Alpha Grus. It's quite an easy
object at magnitude 10.1 and is
3.1 x 2.1 arcminutes in size.
The classification is SA (sa)
and it's also a Seyfert galaxy.
The estimated distance is 72
million light years.
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