NGC 7600

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NGC 7600
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NGC 7600 (legacy surveys)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Aquarius
Right ascension 23h 18m 53.8s [1]
Declination −07° 34 50 [1]
Redshift 0.011618 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)12.95 [1]
Characteristics
Type S0 [1]
Apparent size  (V)2.5' × 1.1' [1]
Other designations
MCG -01-59-019, 2MASX J23185385-0734495, 6dF J2318539-073450, PGC 71029 [1]

NGC 7600 is a galaxy about 160 million light-years from Earth, located in the constellation Aquarius. It is classified as a lenticular galaxy, or, more formally, an S0 galaxy. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7600. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  2. Nemiroff, R.; Bonnell, J., eds. (2011-12-23). "Shell Galaxy NGC 7600". Astronomy Picture of the Day . NASA . Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  3. Turnbull, A. J.; Bridges, T. J.; Carter, D. (1999). "Imaging of the shell galaxies NGC 474 and 7600, and implications for their formation". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 307 (4): 967–976. arXiv: astro-ph/9905041 . Bibcode:1999MNRAS.307..967T. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02724.x . S2CID   14214650.
  4. NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE. "NED results for object NGC 7600" . Retrieved March 24, 2012.