NGC 7074

NGC 7074
The galaxy NGC 7074.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 21h 29m 38.8s[1]
Declination 06° 40′ 57″[1]
Redshift 0.011595/3476 km/s[1]
Distance 140 Mly (42.9 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 15.0[1]
Characteristics
Type S?[1]
Size ~54,300 ly (16.64 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V) 0.9 x 0.4[1]
Other designations
2ZW 133, CGCG 401-27, IRAS 21271+0627, PGC 66850[1]

NGC 7074 is an edge-on lenticular galaxy [2] located about 140 million light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus.[3][4] NGC 7074 was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on October 16, 1863.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7074. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  2. ↑ "Search by object designation: NGC 7074". HyperLeda. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  3. ↑ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7074 - Galaxy in Pegasus Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  4. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  5. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7050 - 7099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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