NGC 7001

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Galaxy
NGC 7001
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Aquarius
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 21 h 01 m 07.7 s
declination -00 ° 11 ′ 43 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (rs) from:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′
Position angle 162 °
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023650 ± 0.00008  
Radial velocity 7090 ± 26 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(324 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(99.3 ± 7.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date July 21, 1827
Catalog names
NGC  7001 • UGC  11663 • PGC  65905 • CGCG  374-037 • MCG  + 00-53-016 • IRAS  F20585-0023 • 2MASX  J21010774-0011426 • GALEX MSC J210107.73-001143.0

NGC 7001 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 324 light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 ly in diameter.

The object was discovered on July 21, 1827 by John Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7001
  3. Seligman