NGC 7001
Galaxy NGC 7001 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Aquarius |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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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 .