NGC 7022

NGC 7022

Barred lenticular galaxy NGC 7022.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Indus
Right ascension 21h 09m 35.2s[1]
Declination −49° 18′ 13″[1]
Redshift 0.007699/2308 km/s[1]
Distance 106 Mly (32,000 kpc)
Apparent magnitude (V) 13.0[1]
Characteristics
Type SB0[1]
Size ~ 57,346 ly [1]
Apparent size (V) 1.5' x 1.1'[1]
Other designations
ESO 235-65, FAIR 952, PGC 66224 [1]

NGC 7022 is a Barred lenticular galaxy located about 106 million Light-years away from Earth in the constellation Indus.[2][3] NGC 7022's calculated velocity is 2308 km/s. NGC 7022 has an estimated diameter of 57,350 light-years.[3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on October 2, 1834.[4]

Physical Characteristics

NGC 7022 appears to be located in the Indus triplet of galaxies which also contains the galaxies NGC 7049, NGC 7041, and NGC 7029.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7022. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  2. ↑ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7022 – Galaxy in Indus Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  3. 1 2 "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  4. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 – 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  5. ↑ "ngc 7022". simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  6. ↑ "APOD: 2009 April 8 – Unusual Dusty Galaxy NGC 7049". apod.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
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