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NGC 7029

Summary

NGC 7029 is an elliptical galaxy located about 120 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Indus.[2][3] NGC 7029 has an estimated diameter of 129,000 light-years.[3] It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on October 10, 1834.[4] It is in a pair of galaxies with NGC 7022.[5]

NGC 7029
The elliptical galaxy NGC 7029.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationIndus
Right ascension21h 11m 52.0s[1]
Declination−49° 17′ 01″[1]
Redshift0.009470[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity2,839 km/s[1]
Distance118.7 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)12.35[1]
Characteristics
TypeE6[1]
Size~128,979.48 ly [1]
Apparent size (V)2.6 x 1.4[1]
Other designations
ESO 235-72, AM 2112-483, PGC 66318 [1]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 7029: SN 2023qov (type Ia, mag. 17.5).[6]

Group Membership edit

NGC 7029 is part of the Indus Triplet of galaxies which contains the galaxies NGC 7041 and NGC 7049.[7]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7029. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  2. ^ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7029 – Galaxy in Indus Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  3. ^ a b "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  4. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 – 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  5. ^ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  6. ^ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2023qov. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  7. ^ "NGC 7049, an unusual galaxy in Indus". Anne's Astronomy News (in Dutch). 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2017-06-09.

External links edit

 
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