NGC 7010

NGC 7010
SDSS image of NGC 7010.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAquarius
Right ascension21h 04m 39.5s[1]
Declination−12° 20′ 18″[1]
Redshift0.028306[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity8,486 km/s[1]
Distance370 Mly (112 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)14.5[1]
Characteristics
TypeE+ 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]
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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]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7010. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  2. ^ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7010 Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  3. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  4. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 - 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 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. arXiv:2101.02716. Bibcode:2021ApJ...914..121A. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abfcd3. ISSN 0004-637X.