NGC 7004

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Indus
Right ascension21h 04m 02.2s[1]
Declination−49° 06′ 51″[1]
Redshift0.025284
Heliocentric radial velocity7580 km/s[1]
Distance329,462,000 ly
Apparent magnitude (V)13.8[1]
Characteristics
Type(R')SAB(s)0/a[1]
Size~166,981.78 ly
Apparent size (V)1.31× 0.44[1]
Other designations
ESO 235-46, FAIR 938, PGC 66019[1]

NGC 7004 is a spiral galaxy[1] around 330 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Indus.[2][1] NGC 7004 has an estimated diameter of 166,980 light-years.[1] NGC 7004 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on October 2, 1834.[3] NGC 7004 is also part of a group of galaxies that contains the nearby galaxy NGC 7002.[4]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NED results for object NGC 7004". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  2. ^ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7004 Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Archived from the original on 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  3. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 - 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  4. ^ "NGC 7004". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-06-22.

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