NGC 7049

NGC 7049
NGC 7049 - image from the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Indus
Right ascension	21h 19m 00.25s[1]
Declination	−48° 33′ 43.24″[1]
Redshift	2285 km/s[1]
Distance	100 Mly[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	10.7[1]
Characteristics
Type	S0
Size	~150,000 ly[2]
Other designations
ESO 236-1,[3] PGC 66549[1]

NGC 7049 is a lenticular galaxy^[1] that spans about 150,000 light-years and lies about 100 million light-years away from Earth^[2] in the inconspicuous southern constellation of Indus.

NGC 7049's unusual appearance is largely due to a prominent rope-like dust ring which stands out against the starlight behind it. These dust lanes are usually seen in young galaxies with active star-forming regions. NGC 7049 shows the features of both an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy, and has relatively few globular clusters, indicative of its status as a lenticular type.^{[4][citation needed]} NGC 7049 is the brightest (BCG) of the Indus triplet of galaxies (NGC 7029, NGC 7041, NGC 7049),^[5] and its structure might have arisen from several recent galaxy collisions. Typical BCGs are some of the oldest and most massive galaxies.^{[6][dubious – discuss]}