NGC 7052 explained

NGC 7052
Credit:	ESA/NASA.
Epoch:	J2000
Type:	E^[1]
Z:	4672 ± 8 km/s
Appmag V:	13.4
Size V:	2.5 × 1.4
Constellation Name:	Vulpecula
Names:	UGC 11718, PGC 66537

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for NGC 7052 . 2007-04-19.
2. van der Marel, R.P.. van den Bosch, F.C.. amp. 1998. Evidence for a Black Hole in NGC 7052 from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Nuclear Gas Disk. Astronomical Journal. 116. 5. 2220. 1998AJ....116.2220V. astro-ph/9804194. 10.1086/300593. 250837913 .