NGC 7061

NGC 7061

The galaxy NGC 7061.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Indus
Right ascension 21h 27m 26.8s[1]
Declination −49° 03 49[1]
Redshift 0.030037/9005 km/s[1]
Distance 414 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V) 13.3[1]
Characteristics
Type E4, cD4[1]
Apparent size (V) 1.2' x 42[1]
Other designations
ESO 236-13, AM 2123-491, PGC 66785[1]

NGC 7061 Is an Elliptical galaxy located about 414 million light-years away in the constellation of Indus.[2][3] NGC 7061 is part of a small group of galaxies called [CHM2007] HDC 1156.[4] NGC 7061 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on September 30, 1834.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7061. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  2. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7061 - Galaxy in Indus Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  4. "[CHM2007] HDC 1156". simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7050 - 7099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.