Astronomy:NGC 7052
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Vulpecula
| NGC 7052 | |
|---|---|
 An image of NGC 7052 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Vulpecula |
| Right ascension | 21h 18m 33s[1] |
| Declination | +26° 26′ 49″[1] |
| Redshift | 4672 ± 8 km/s[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.4[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.5′ × 1.4′[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 11718,[1] PGC 66537[1] | |
NGC 7052 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Vulpecula. The galaxy harbours a supermassive black hole with mass c. 220-630 million solar masses in its nucleus.[2]
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the center of NGC 7052. Credit: HST/NASA/ESA.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7052. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/.
- ↑ van der Marel, R.P.; van den Bosch, F.C. (1998). "Evidence for a 3 x 108 M⊙ Black Hole in NGC 7052 from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Nuclear Gas Disk". Astronomical Journal 116 (5): 2220. doi:10.1086/300593. Bibcode: 1998AJ....116.2220V.
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