NGC 7077
Appearance
NGC 7077 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Aquarius |
Right ascension | 21h 29m 59.6s[1] |
Declination | 02° 24′ 51″[1] |
Redshift | 0.003843[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1152 km/s[1] |
Distance | 56 Mly (17.2 Mpc)[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.14[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S0- pec?, BCD[1] |
Size | ~12,300 ly (3.78 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 0.8 x 0.7[1] |
Other designations | |
ARAK 549, CGCG 375-47, MCG 0-54-28, Mrk 900, NPM1G +02.0497, PGC 66860, UGC 11755 [1] |
NGC 7077 is a lenticular blue compact dwarf galaxy[2] located about 56 million light-years away from Earth[3] in the constellation Aquarius.[4] Discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on August 11, 1863,[5] the galaxy lies within the Local Void.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7077. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ "NED Query Results for NGC 7077". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7077 - Galaxy in Aquarius Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7050 - 7099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ Tully, Brent. "The Local Void" (PDF).
External links
- Media related to NGC 7077 at Wikimedia Commons
- NGC 7077 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images