NGC 7051
| Galaxy NGC 7051 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 21 h 19 m 51.3 s |
| declination | -08 ° 46 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) a / pec / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 '× 1.1' |
| Position angle | 162 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008402 ± 0.000012 |
| Radial velocity | 2519 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(118 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.2 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | July 30, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7051 • PGC 66566 • MCG -02-54-004 • IRAS 21171-0859 • 2MASX J21195132-0846584 • NVSS J211951-084658 | |
NGC 7051 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 118 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
The type II supernova SN 2002dq was observed here.
The object was discovered on July 30, 1827 by John Herschel .