NGC 7

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NGC 7
NGC7 ESO KIDS.jpg
ESO KIDS image of NGC 7
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Sculptor
Right ascension 00h 08m 20.3s [1]
Declination −29° 55 01 [1]
Redshift 0.004987 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 1495 ± 2 km/s [2]
Distance 71.4 ± 5.2 Mly
(21.9 ± 1.6 Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.5 [2]
Absolute magnitude  (V)17.83 [4]
Characteristics
Type SBc [5]
Apparent size  (V)2.2 × 0.5 [2]
Other designations
MCG-05-01-037, ESO 409-G022, AM 0005-301, PGC 627, h 4014, GC 2 [6]

NGC 7 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Sculptor constellation. It was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel in 1834, who was using an 18.7 inch reflector telescope at the time. [6] Astronomer Steve Gottlieb described the galaxy as faint, albeit large, and edge-on from the perspective of the Milky Way; he also noted how the galaxy could only be observed clearly with peripheral vision, not by looking directly at it. [6]

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  1. 1 2 "NGC 7". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0007. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  3. "Distance Results for NGC 0007". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  4. "The galaxy NGC 7".
  5. "Search specification: NGC 7". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  6. 1 2 3 "DSS Images for NGC 000 thru NGC 099". NGC/IC Project. Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2008.