NGC 7010 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Aquarius |
Right ascension | 21h 04m 39.5s[1] |
Declination | −12° 20′ 18″[1] |
Redshift | 0.028306[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 8,486 km/s[1] |
Distance | 370 Mly (112 Mpc)[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.5[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E+ pec [1] |
Size | ~224,600 ly (68.86 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.9 x 1.0[1] |
Other designations | |
NPM1G -12.0537, IC 5082, MCG -2-53-24, PGC 66039[1] |
NGC 7010 is a massive elliptical galaxy located about 370 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius.[2][3] NGC 7010 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on August 6, 1823, and was later listed by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan as IC 5082.[4] It is host to a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 4.7 × 108 M☉.[5]