NGC 7029

NGC 7029 is an elliptical galaxy located about 120 million Light-years away from Earth in the constellation Indus.[2][3] NGC 7029 has an estimated diameter of 129,000 light-years.[3] It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on October 10, 1834.[4] It is in a pair of galaxies with NGC 7022.[5]

NGC 7029
The elliptical galaxy NGC 7029.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationIndus
Right ascension 21h 11m 52.0s[1]
Declination−49° 17′ 01″[1]
Redshift0.009470/2839 km/s[1]
Distance118,736,800 ly
Apparent magnitude (V)12.35[1]
Characteristics
TypeE6[1]
Size~128,979.48 ly [1]
Apparent size (V)2.6 x 1.4[1]
Other designations
ESO 235-72, AM 2112-483, PGC 66318 [1]

Group Membership

NGC 7029 is part of the Indus Triplet of galaxies which contains the galaxies NGC 7041 and NGC 7049.[6]

See also

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7029. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  2. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7029 – Galaxy in Indus Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 – 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  5. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  6. "NGC 7049, an unusual galaxy in Indus". Anne's Astronomy News (in Dutch). 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2017-06-09.


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