NGC 7052

Galaxy in the constellation Vulpecula
NGC 7052
An image of NGC 7052
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVulpecula
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 x 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.

External links

  • Media related to NGC 7052 at Wikimedia Commons
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