NGC 7051

NGC 7051
The barred spiral galaxy NGC 7051, imaged by 2MASS.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Aquarius
Right ascension 21h 19m 51.3s[1]
Declination −08° 46 59[1]
Redshift 0.008402/2519 km/s[1]
Distance 98.4 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V) 12.9[1]
Characteristics
Type SB(r)a pec [1]
Apparent size (V) 1.3 x 1.1[1]
Other designations
IRAS 21171-0859, MCG -2-54-4, PGC 66566[1]

NGC 7051 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 100 million light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius.[2][3] It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on July 30, 1827.[4]

SN 2002dq

On June 18, 2002 a type ll supernova designated as SN 2002dq was discovered in NGC 7051.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7051. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  2. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7051 - Galaxy in Aquarius Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  3. "NED results for object NGC 7051". Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7050 - 7099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  5. "Bright Supernovae - 2002". rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.