NGC 7080
NGC 7080 is a barred spiral galaxy[2] located about 204.5 million light-years away[3] in the constellation of Vulpecula.[4] It has an estimated diameter of about 100,000 light-years which would make it similar in size to the Milky Way.[3] NGC 7080 was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on September 6, 1863.[5]
| NGC 7080 | |
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 RGB image of NGC 7080 by the Liverpool Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Vulpecula |
| Right ascension | 21h 30m 01.9s[1] |
| Declination | 26° 43′ 04″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.016141/4839 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 204,527,400 ly |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.3[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(r)b [1] |
| Size | ~104,384 ly (estimated) |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.8' x 1.7'[1] |
| Other designations | |
| CGCG 471-11, IRAS 21278+2629, MCG 4-50-12, NPM1G +26.0474, PGC 66861, UGC 11756[1] | |
According to Harold Corwin, NGC 7054 is a duplicate observation of NGC 7080.[6]
See also
References
- "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7080. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
- "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
- Zhou, Zhi-Min; Cao, Chen; Wu, Hong (15 November 2011). "Star Formation Properties in Barred Galaxies (SFB). II. NGC 2903 and NGC 7080". Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 0 (3): 235. arXiv:1111.3411. Bibcode:2012RAA....12..235Z. doi:10.1088/1674-4527/12/3/001.
- Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7080 - Galaxy in Vulpecula Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
- "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7050 - 7099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- "Notes on the NGC objects, particularly those missing, misidentified, or otherwise unusual (ngcnotes.all)". Historically-aware NGC/IC Positions and Notes. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- dbishopx@gmail.com. "Bright Supernovae - 1998". rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to NGC 7080. |
- NGC 7080 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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