NGC 7029
| NGC 7029 | |
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The elliptical galaxy NGC 7029.
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Indus |
| Right ascension | 21h 11m 52.0s |
| Declination | −49° 17′ 01″ |
| Redshift | 0.009470/2839 km/s |
| Distance | 118,736,800 ly |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.35 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E6 |
| Size | ~128,979.48 ly |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.6 x 1.4 |
| Other designations | |
| ESO 235-72, AM 2112-483, PGC 66318 | |
NGC 7029 is an elliptical galaxy located about 120 million Light-years away from Earth in the constellation Indus. NGC 7029 has an estimated diameter of 129,000 light-years. It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on October 10, 1834. It is in a pair of galaxies with NGC 7022.
NGC 7029 is part of the Indus Triplet of galaxies which contains the galaxies NGC 7041 and NGC 7049.
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