NGC 7066
| Galaxy NGC 7066 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 21 h 26 m 14.0 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 10 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 '× 0.9' |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017045 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 5110 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(237 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (72.6 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | August 31, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7066 • UGC 11741 • PGC 66747 • MCG + 02-54-025 • 2MASX J21261376 + 1410589 • | |
NGC 7066 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Pegasus on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 237 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on August 31, 1886 .