NGC 7081
| Galaxy NGC 7081 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 21 h 31 m 24.1 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 29 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 '× 1.3' |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010918 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 3273 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(153 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.0 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 10, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7081 • UGC 11759 • PGC 66891 • CGCG 375-049 • MCG + 00-54-030 • IRAS 21288 + 0216 • 2MASX J21312413 + 0229285 • GC 4762 • H III 859 • h 2121 • GALEX ASC J213124.23 + 022929.4 | |
NGC 7081 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 153 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 7077 and IC 5111 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on October 10, 1790 .
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