NGC 7600 explained

NGC 7600
Epoch:	J2000
Ra:	^[1]
Constellation Name:	Aquarius
Z:	0.011618
Type:	S0
Appmag V:	12.95
Size V:	2.5' × 1.1'
Names:	MCG -01-59-019, 2MASX J23185385-0734495, 6dF J2318539-073450, PGC 71029

NGC 7600 is a galaxy about 160 million light-years from Earth, located in the constellation Aquarius. It is classified as a lenticular galaxy, or, more formally, an S0 galaxy.^{[2] [3] [4]}

External links

• • Preprint version of 1999MNRAS.307..967T with images of shell galaxies NGC 474 and NGC 7600
• The formation of shell galaxies similar to NGC 7600 in the cold dark matter cosmogony

Notes and References

1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Results for NGC 7600. January 7, 2017.
2. Shell Galaxy NGC 7600 . 2011-12-27 . 2011-12-23.
3. Turnbull . A. J. . Bridges, T. J. . Carter, D. . 1999 . Imaging of the shell galaxies NGC 474 and 7600, and implications for their formation . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 307 . 4 . 967–976 . 1999MNRAS.307..967T . 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02724.x. free . astro-ph/9905041 . 14214650 .
4. Web site: NED results for object NGC 7600 . NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE . March 24, 2012.