NGC 7010

NGC 7010 is a massive elliptical galaxy located about 365 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius.[2][3] NGC 7010 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on August 6, 1823 and was later listed by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan as IC 5082.[4]

NGC 7010
SDSS image of NGC 7010.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Aquarius
Right ascension	21^h 04^m 39.5^s[1]
Declination	−12° 20′ 18″[1]
Redshift	0.028306/8486 km/s[1]
Distance	365,344,000 ly
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.5[1]
Characteristics
Type	E+ pec [1]
Size	~209,420.4 ly [1]
Apparent size (V)	1.9 x 1.0[1]
Other designations
IC 5082, MCG -2-53-24, NPM1G -12.0537, PGC 66039[1]

Physical characteristics

NGC 7010 has broad, plateau shaped shells of stars surrounding it.[5] Its theorized that the shells formed from the accretion of another galaxy.[6]

See also

• Elliptical galaxy
• NGC 4881
• List of NGC objects (7001–7840)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7010. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
2. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7010 Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 - 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
5. McGaugh, Stacy S.; Bothun, Gregory D. (October 1990). "Stellar populations in shell galaxies" (PDF). The Astronomical Journal. 100: 1073. Bibcode:1990AJ....100.1073M. doi:10.1086/115580.
6. Kojima, Makoto; Noguchi, Masafumi (20 May 1997). "Sinking satellite disk galaxies. I. Shell formation preceded by cessation of star formation". The Astrophysical Journal. 481 (1): 132–156. Bibcode:1997ApJ...481..132K. doi:10.1086/304021.

External links

• Media related to NGC 7010 at Wikimedia Commons

• NGC 7010 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images