NGC 7091

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Galaxy
NGC 7091
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Constellation crane
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 21 h 34 m 07.9 s
declination -36 ° 39 ′ 13 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (s) dm  
Brightness  (visual) 12.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.4 mag
Angular expansion 2.1 ′ × 1.7 ′
Position angle 78 °
Surface brightness 14.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.008569 ± 0.000007  
Radial velocity 2569 ± 2 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(116 ± 8)  x  10 6  ly
(35.5 ± 2.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date July 1, 1834
Catalog names
NGC  7091 • IC  5114 • PGC  66972 • ESO  403-008 • MCG  -06-47-007 • IRAS  F21310-3652 • SGC  213104-3652.5 • HIPASS J2134-36

NGC 7091 = IC 5114 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBd in the constellation Crane in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 116 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by John Herschel (listed as NGC ) on July 1, 1834, and by Lewis Swift on July 9, 1897 . ( listed as IC ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 7091
  3. Seligman