NGC 7077

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Galaxy
NGC 7077
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Aquarius
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 21 h 29 m 59.6 s
declination + 02 ° 24 ′ 51 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E1 / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.80 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 37 °
Surface brightness 12.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 1152 ± 5  
Radial velocity 0.003843 ± 0.000017 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(59 ± 4)  ·  10 6  ly
(18.0 ± 1.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date August 11, 1863
Catalog names
NGC  7077 • UGC  11755 • PGC  66860 • CGCG  375-047 • MCG  + 00-54-028 • IRAS  F21274 + 0211 • 2MASX  J21295963 + 0224517 • Mrk  900 • GALEX ASC J212959.56 + 022452.3 • KIG 916/917

NGC 7077 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy with extended star formation from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 59 million light years from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light years across.
The galaxies NGC 7081 , IC 1380 , IC 5111 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The galaxy lies in the Local Void , a huge, empty region of space next to our local group .

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on August 11, 1863 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 7077
  3. Seligman