NGC 7064
| Galaxy NGC 7064 |
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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 29 m 03.0 s |
| declination | -52 ° 46 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c? sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 91 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.002659 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | (797 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(34 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (10.3 ± 0.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | July 8, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7064 • PGC 66836 • ESO 188-009 • IRAS 21255-5259 • SGC 212534-5259.1 • GC 4663 • h 3865 • HIPASS J2129-52 • AGC 034480 | |
NGC 7064 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Indians in the southern sky . It is around 34 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 light years .
The object was discovered on July 8, 1834 by John Herschel .