NGC 7029 is an elliptical galaxy located about 120 million Light-years away from Earth in the constellation Indus.[2][3] NGC 7029 has an estimated diameter of 129,000 light-years.[3] It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on October 10, 1834.[4] It is in a pair of galaxies with NGC 7022.[5]
NGC 7029 | |
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![]() The elliptical galaxy NGC 7029. | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Indus |
Right ascension | 21h 11m 52.0s[1] |
Declination | −49° 17′ 01″[1] |
Redshift | 0.009470[1] |
Helio radial velocity | 2,839 km/s[1] |
Distance | 118.7 Mly |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.35[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E6[1] |
Size | ~128,979.48 ly [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 2.6 x 1.4[1] |
Other designations | |
ESO 235-72, AM 2112-483, PGC 66318 [1] |
NGC 7029 is part of the Indus Triplet of galaxies which contains the galaxies NGC 7041 and NGC 7049.[6]
New General Catalogue 7000 to 7499 | |
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