NGC 7072
Galaxy NGC 7072 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | crane |
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 |
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 .