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NGC 7052
An image of NGC 7052
Observation data ( J2000 epoch)
Constellation Vulpecula
Right ascension21h 18m 33s [1]
Declination+26° 26′ 49″ [1]
Redshift4672 ± 8 km/ s [1]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.4 [1]
Characteristics
TypeE [1]
Apparent size (V)2.5 × 1.4 [1]
Other designations
UGC 11718, [1] PGC 66537 [1]

NGC 7052 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Vulpecula. The galaxy harbours a supermassive black hole with mass c. 220–630 million solar masses in its nucleus. [2]

A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the center of NGC 7052. Credit: HST/ NASA/ ESA

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7052. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
  2. ^ van der Marel, R.P. & van den Bosch, F.C. (1998). "Evidence for a 3×108 M Black Hole in NGC 7052 from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Nuclear Gas Disk". Astronomical Journal. 116 (5): 2220. arXiv: astro-ph/9804194. Bibcode: 1998AJ....116.2220V. doi: 10.1086/300593. S2CID  250837913.
  • Media related to NGC 7052 at Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 7052
An image of NGC 7052
Observation data ( J2000 epoch)
Constellation Vulpecula
Right ascension21h 18m 33s [1]
Declination+26° 26′ 49″ [1]
Redshift4672 ± 8 km/ s [1]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.4 [1]
Characteristics
TypeE [1]
Apparent size (V)2.5 × 1.4 [1]
Other designations
UGC 11718, [1] PGC 66537 [1]

NGC 7052 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Vulpecula. The galaxy harbours a supermassive black hole with mass c. 220–630 million solar masses in its nucleus. [2]

A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the center of NGC 7052. Credit: HST/ NASA/ ESA

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7052. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
  2. ^ van der Marel, R.P. & van den Bosch, F.C. (1998). "Evidence for a 3×108 M Black Hole in NGC 7052 from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Nuclear Gas Disk". Astronomical Journal. 116 (5): 2220. arXiv: astro-ph/9804194. Bibcode: 1998AJ....116.2220V. doi: 10.1086/300593. S2CID  250837913.
  • Media related to NGC 7052 at Wikimedia Commons

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