NGC 7001 | |
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![]() The intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 7001 (SDSS DR14) | |
Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
Constellation | Aquarius |
Right ascension | 21h 01m 07.7s[1] |
Declination | −00° 11′ 43″[1] |
Redshift | 0.023714[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 7,109[1] km/s |
Distance | 302 Mly (92.7 Mpc)[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.8[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB(rs)ab[1] |
Mass | 4.8×1011 (Stellar mass)[2] M☉ |
Size | ~123,100 ly (37.74 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.25 × 1.06[1] |
Other designations | |
NPM1G -00.0540,IRAS 20585-0023,UGC 11663,MCG +00-53-016,PGC 65905,CGCG 374-37[1] |
NGC 7001 is anintermediate spiral galaxy[3] located about 300 millionlight-years away[3] in theconstellationAquarius.[4] NGC 7001 has an estimated diameter of 123,000 light-years.[3] It was discovered by English astronomerJohn Herschel on July 21, 1827, and was also observed by Austrian astronomer Rudolf Spitaler on September 26, 1891.[5]
NGC 7001 has tightly wound spiral arms similar to the galaxyNGC 488.[6] The galaxy is also host to asupermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 7 × 107M☉.[7]
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