NGC 7014

NGC 7014 is an elliptical galaxy located about 210 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Indus.[2][3][4] NGC 7014 was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel on October 2, 1834.[5]

NGC 7014
The elliptical galaxy NGC 7014 (Hubble space Telescope)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationIndus
Right ascension21h 07m 52.2s[1]
Declination−47° 10′ 44″[1]
Redshift0.016201[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity4,857 km/s[1]
Distance208 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)13.38[1]
Characteristics
TypeE [1]
Apparent size (V)1.9 x 1.5 [1]
Other designations
ESO 286-57, PGC 66153[1]

Group membership

NGC 7014 is the brightest member[6] of Abell 3742[7] which is located near the center of the Pavo–Indus Supercluster.[8]

See also

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7014. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  2. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7014 · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  4. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 – 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  6. "astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/NGC%201-7840%20complete.htm". Astronomy Mall. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  7. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  8. "The Pavo-Indus Supercluster". www.atlasoftheuniverse.com. Retrieved 2017-05-27.


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