NGC 7016

NGC 7016 is an elliptical or lenticular galaxy located about 480 million Light-years away from Earth in the constellation Capricornus.[2][3] NGC 7016's calculated velocity is 11,046 km/s.[3] NGC 7016 has an estimated diameter of about 140 thousand light years. NGC 7016 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth on July 8, 1885.[4]

NGC 7016
The Elliptical galaxy NGC 7016.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Capricornus
Right ascension	21^h 07^m 16.3^s[1]
Declination	−25° 28′ 08″[1]
Redshift	0 .036845[1]
Helio radial velocity	11,046 km/s[1]
Distance	479.5 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.85 [1]
Characteristics
Type	E0 or S0[1]
Size	~140,000 ly (estimated)
Apparent size (V)	1.8 x 1.8[1]
Other designations
ESO 529-25, AM 2104-254, MCG -4-49-13,PRC C-58 PGC 66136 [1]

Physical Characteristics

NGC 7016 is one of two prominent radio galaxies in the galaxy cluster Abell 3744 along with the double galaxy system NGC 7018.[5]

See also

• M87
• Elliptical galaxy
• NGC 7002
• List of NGC objects (7001–7840)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7016. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
2. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7016 · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 – 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
5. M. Birkinshaw, D. M. Worrall (2014-03-20). "SLIDING NOT SLOSHING IN A3744: THE INFLUENCE OF RADIO GALAXIES NGC 7018 AND 7016 ON CLUSTER GAS". The Astrophysical Journal. 784 (1): 13. arXiv:1312.5311. Bibcode:2014ApJ...784...36W. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/784/1/36.

External links

• NGC 7016 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images