Astronomy:NGC 7001

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Aquarius
NGC 7001
NGC7001 - SDSS DR14.jpg
The intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 7001 (SDSS DR14)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAquarius
Right ascension 21h 01m 07.7s[1]
Declination−00° 11′ 43″[1]
Redshift0.023650[1]
Helio radial velocity7090[1] km/s
Distance301,735,000 ly (92,512,372 pc)
Apparent magnitude (V)13.8[1]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(rs)ab[1]
Size~106,276 ly (32,584 pc)[1]
Apparent size (V)1.25 × 1.06[1]
Other designations
NPM1G -00.0540, IRAS 20585-0023, UGC 11663, MCG0-53-16, PGC 65905[1]

NGC 7001 is an intermediate spiral galaxy[2] located about 300 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Aquarius.[3] NGC 7001 has an estimated diameter of 106,000 light-years.[2] It was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel on July 21, 1827, and was also observed by Austrian astronomer Rudolf Spitaler on September 26, 1891.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7001. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=Ngc+7001&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES. 
  3. ↑ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7001 · Deep Sky Objects Browser" (in en). https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/8188/ngc-7001/galaxy. 
  4. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 – 7049" (in en-US). http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc70.htm. 

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