NGC 7096
| Galaxy NGC 7096 / IC 5121 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Indus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 21 h 41 m 19.3 s |
| declination | -63 ° 54 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SA (rs) from |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Inclination | SSRS group 09 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010340 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 3100 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(135 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (41.3 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | August 31, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7096 • IC 5121 • PGC 67168 • ESO 107-046 • IRAS 21373-6408 • 2MASX J21411929-6354314 • GC 4684 • h 3874 • GALEX ASC J214119.09-635431.2 • LDCE 1470 NED005 | |
NGC 7096 = IC 5121 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Indians in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 106 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years across.
The galaxy IC 5120 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on August 31, 1836 by the astronomer John Herschel with his 18.7-inch reflector telescope and was later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .