NGC 7052
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]
| NGC 7052 | |
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 An image of NGC 7052 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Vulpecula |
| Right ascension | 21h 18m 33s[1] |
| Declination | +26° 26′ 49″[1] |
| Redshift | 4672 ± 8 km/s[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.4[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2′.5 × 1′.4[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 11718,[1] PGC 66537[1] | |
References
- "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7052. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
- 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.
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