NGC 7077

NGC 7077 is a lenticular blue compact dwarf galaxy[2] located about 56 million light-years away from Earth[3] in the constellation Aquarius.[4] Discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on August 11, 1863,[5] the galaxy lies within the Local Void.[6]

NGC 7077
The lenticular galaxy NGC 7077 as imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Aquarius
Right ascension	21^h 29^m 59.6^s[1]
Declination	02° 24′ 51″[1]
Redshift	0.003843[1]
Helio radial velocity	1152 km/s[1]
Distance	56 Mly (17.2 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.14[1]
Characteristics
Type	S0- pec?, BCD[1]
Size	~12,300 ly (3.78 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	0.8 x 0.7[1]
Other designations
ARAK 549, CGCG 375-47, MCG 0-54-28, Mrk 900, NPM1G +02.0497, PGC 66860, UGC 11755 [1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (7001–7840)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7077. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
3. "NED Query Results for NGC 7077". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
4. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7077 - Galaxy in Aquarius Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7050 - 7099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
6. Tully, Brent. "The Local Void" (PDF).

External links

• Media related to NGC 7077 at Wikimedia Commons

• NGC 7077 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images