NGC 7002
| Galaxy NGC 7002 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Indus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 21 h 03 m 44.8 s |
| declination | -49 ° 01 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1 pec? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 '× 1.2' |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024520 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 7351 ± 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(327 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (100.3 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 30, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7002 • PGC 66009 • ESO 235-043 • 2MASX J21034478-4901471 • SGC 210017-4913.7 • GALEX ASC J210344.83-490147.0 • LDCE 1436 NED005 | |
NGC 7002 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Indians on the southern sky . It is estimated to be 327 million light years from the Milky Way and approximately 145,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy NGC 7004 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 30, 1834 .