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NGC 7001
The intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 7001 (SDSS DR14)
Observation data ( J2000 epoch)
Constellation Aquarius
Right ascension21h 01m 07.7s [1]
Declination−00° 11′ 43″ [1]
Redshift0.023650 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity7090 [1] km/s
Distance301,735,000  ly (92,512,372  pc)
Apparent magnitude (V)13.8 [1]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(rs)ab [1]
Size~106,276 ly (32,584 pc) [1]
Apparent size (V)1.25 × 1.06 [1]
Other designations
NPM1G -00.0540, IRAS 20585-0023, UGC 11663, MCG 0-53-16, PGC 65905, CGCG 374-37 [1]

NGC 7001 is an intermediate spiral galaxy [2] located about 300 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Aquarius. [3] NGC 7001 has an estimated diameter of 106,000 light-years. [2] It was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel on July 21, 1827, and was also observed by Austrian astronomer Rudolf Spitaler on September 26, 1891. [4]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7001. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  2. ^ a b c "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  3. ^ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7001 · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Archived from the original on 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  4. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 – 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.

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