NGC 7069

NGC 7069

The lenticular galaxy NGC 7069.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Aquarius
Right ascension 21h 28m 05.9s[1]
Declination −01° 38 49[1]
Redshift 0.030955/9280 km/s[1]
Distance 392 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V) 13.4[1]
Characteristics
Type SAB0, LINER[1]
Size ~108,624.6 ly (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V) 1.3' x 0.9[1]
Other designations
CGCG 375-40, MCG 0-54-19, PGC 66807, UGC 11747[1]

NGC 7069 Is a Lenticular galaxy located about 392 million light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius.[2][3] NGC 7069 is also classified as a LINER galaxy.[4] It has an estimated diameter of 108,600 light-years.[3] NGC 7069 was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on October 12, 1863.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7069. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  2. "Galaxy NGC 7069 - Galaxy in Aquarius Constellation". Retrieved 2017-06-10.
  3. 1 2 "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  4. "NGC 7069". simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7050 - 7099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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