NGC 7301

NGC 7301 is a barred spiral galaxy[2] located around 308,000,000 light-years (94,000,000 pc) away from Earth in the constellation Aquarius.[3][2] It was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth In 1886.[4]

NGC 7301
Barred spiral galaxy NGC 7301.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAquarius
Right ascension22h 30m 34s[1]
Declination−17° 34′ 24″[1]
Redshift0.0245[1]
Distance308 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)13.4[1]
Characteristics
TypeSB(s)ab pec[1]
Apparent size (V)1' x 30 [1]
Other designations
PGC 69021, ESO 602-23 [1]

See also

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7301. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
  2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  3. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7301 Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7300 - 7349". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-29.


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