NGC 7002

NGC 7002 is a large elliptical galaxy around 320 million Light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Indus.[2][3] The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel on September 30, 1834.[4] NGC 7002 is also part of a group of galaxies that contains the nearby galaxy NGC 7004.[5]

NGC 7002
NGC 7002 as pictured by the 2MASS Survey.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Indus
Right ascension	21^h 03^m 44.8^s[1]
Declination	−49° 01′ 47″[1]
Redshift	0.024520[1]
Helio radial velocity	7351 km/s[1]
Distance	319,349,800 ly
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.46[1]
Characteristics
Type	E1 pec[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.5 × 1.2[1]
Other designations
ESO 235-43, PGC 66009[1]

See also

• IC 1101 Massive elliptical galaxy which is also one of the largest known galaxies
• M87 Famous large elliptical galaxy about 50 mly in the constellation Virgo.
• List of NGC objects (7001–7840)
• Elliptical galaxy

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7002. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
2. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7002 Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 – 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
5. "NGC 7004". simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Retrieved 2017-06-22.

External links

• Media related to NGC 7002 at Wikimedia Commons

• NGC 7002 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images