NGC 7002

NGC 7002 is a large elliptical galaxy around 320 million Light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Indus.[2][3] The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel on September 30, 1834.[4] NGC 7002 is also part of a group of galaxies that contains the nearby galaxy NGC 7004.[5]

NGC 7002
NGC 7002 as pictured by the 2MASS Survey.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationIndus
Right ascension21h 03m 44.8s[1]
Declination−49° 01 47[1]
Redshift0.024520[1]
Helio radial velocity7351 km/s[1]
Distance319,349,800 ly
Apparent magnitude (V)13.46[1]
Characteristics
TypeE1 pec[1]
Apparent size (V)1.5 × 1.2[1]
Other designations
ESO 235-43, PGC 66009[1]

See also

References

  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7002. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  2. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7002 Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 – 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  5. "NGC 7004". simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  • Media related to NGC 7002 at Wikimedia Commons


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