NGC 7072

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Galaxy
NGC 7072
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2MASS NGC 7072.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation crane
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7072
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman