NGC 7015

NGC 7015 is a spiral galaxy located about 203 million Light-years away from Earth in the constellation Equuleus.[2][3] NGC 7015's calculated velocity is 4881 km/s.[3] NGC 7015 was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on September 29, 1878.[4] It is also part of a group of galaxies called [CHM2007] LDC 1450.[5]

NGC 7015
The galaxy NGC 7015.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationEquuleus
Right ascension21h 05m 37.4s[1]
Declination11° 24 51[1]
Redshift0.016281[1]
Helio radial velocity4,881 km/s[1]
Distance203.2 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)13.25[1]
Characteristics
TypeSbc[1]
Apparent size (V)1.9 x 1.6[1]
Other designations
CGCG 425-40, IRAS 21032+1112, MCG 2-53-12, PGC 66076, UGC 11674 [1]

See also

References

  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7015. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  2. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7015 · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 – 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  5. "[CHM2007] LDC 1450". simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  • Media related to NGC 7015 at Wikimedia Commons


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