NGC 7072
| Galaxy NGC 7072 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | crane |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 21 h 30 m 36.9 s |
| declination | -43 ° 09 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) d? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 '× 0.7' |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | SSRS group 45 IC 5105 group LGG 445 |
| Redshift | 0.016538 ± 0.000028 |
| Radial velocity | 4958 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(221 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (67.8 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 5, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7072 • PGC 66874 • ESO 287-031 • MCG -07-44-018 • IRAS 21273-4322 • 2MASX J21303692-4309126 • SGC 212725-4322.4 • HIPASS J2130-43a | |
NGC 7072 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Crane in the southern sky . It is an estimated 221 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years across.
The galaxy NGC 7070 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 5, 1834 .