NGC 7016

NGC 7016 is an elliptical or lenticular galaxy located about 480 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Capricornus.[2][3] NGC 7016's calculated velocity is 11,046 km/s.[3] NGC 7016 has an estimated diameter of about 140 thousand light years. NGC 7016 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth on July 8, 1885.[4]

NGC 7016
The Elliptical galaxy NGC 7016.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCapricornus
Right ascension21h 07m 16.3s[1]
Declination−25° 28′ 08″[1]
Redshift0 .036845[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity11,046 km/s[1]
Distance479.5 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)14.85 [1]
Characteristics
TypeE0 or S0[1]
Size~140,000 ly (estimated)
Apparent size (V)1.8 x 1.8[1]
Other designations
ESO 529-25, AM 2104-254, MCG -4-49-13,PRC C-58 PGC 66136 [1]

Physical characteristics

NGC 7016 is one of two prominent radio galaxies in the galaxy cluster Abell 3744 along with the double galaxy system NGC 7018.[5]

See also

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7016. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  2. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7016 · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 – 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  5. M. Birkinshaw, D. M. Worrall (2014-03-20). "Sliding Not Sloshing in A3744: The Influence of Radio Galaxies NGC 7018 and 7016 on Cluster Gas". The Astrophysical Journal. 784 (1): 13. arXiv:1312.5311. Bibcode:2014ApJ...784...36W. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/784/1/36. S2CID 53506049.


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