NGC 7012 explained

NGC 7012
Epoch:J2000
Type:E4 pec[1]
Dist Ly:117Mpc
Z:0.029347
H Radial V:8,798 km/s
Absmag B:-23.53 ± 0.51
Appmag V:13.65
Size V:2.5 x 1.4
Constellation Name:Microscopium
Size:~90.19kpc (estimated)
Names:ESO 286-51, AM 2103-450, PGC 66116

NGC 7012 is a large, bright elliptical galaxy located about 380 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Microscopium.[2] [3] NGC 7012 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on July 1, 1834.[4] NGC 7012 is also is host to a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 4.5 × 109 M☉.[5] NGC 7012 is very large galaxy, with an estimated diameter of nearly 300,000 light years.

Abell S0921

NGC 7012 is the brightest member in the center of a small compact group of interacting galaxies[6] known as Abell S0921.[7] Due to it also being the dominant member of the group, NGC 7012 is classified as a Cd galaxy.[8] The group has about seven major galaxies with many other more distant, fainter galaxies that are probably also associated.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for NGC 7012 . 2017-05-13 .
  2. Web site: Galaxy NGC 7012 Deep Sky Objects Browser. Rojas. Sebastián García. DSO Browser. en. 2017-05-11. 2019-12-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20191207180231/https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/8199/ngc-7012/galaxy. dead.
  3. Web site: Your NED Search Results. ned.ipac.caltech.edu. 2017-05-13.
  4. Web site: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 - 7049. cseligman.com. en-US. 2017-05-08.
  5. Arzoumanian . Zaven . Baker . Paul T. . Brazier . Adam . Brook . Paul R. . Burke-Spolaor . Sarah . Becsy . Bence . Charisi . Maria . Chatterjee . Shami . Cordes . James M. . Cornish . Neil J. . Crawford . Fronefield . Cromartie . H. Thankful . Decesar . Megan E. . Demorest . Paul B. . Dolch . Timothy . 2021-06-01 . The NANOGrav 11 yr Data Set: Limits on Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Galaxies within 500 Mpc . The Astrophysical Journal . 914 . 2 . 121 . 10.3847/1538-4357/abfcd3 . free . 2101.02716 . 2021ApJ...914..121A . 0004-637X.
  6. ACO S 921. 2017-05-18.
  7. Web site: Your NED Search Results. ned.ipac.caltech.edu. 2017-09-10.
  8. Web site: Detailed Object Classifications. ned.ipac.caltech.edu. 2017-11-14.
  9. Web site: NGC/IC Project Restoration Efforts. www.ngcicproject.org. 2017-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20170910220356/http://www.ngcicproject.org/NGC/NGC_70xx/NGC_7012.htm. 2017-09-10. dead.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "NGC 7012".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.