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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
AG?
Redshift
z = 0.003743
Morphology
E
Coordinates
RA 322.4985° · Dec 2.4144°
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Key facts

Constellation
Aquarius
Right ascension
21 29 59.6
Declination
02 ° 24 ′ 51 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1152 km/s
Distance
56 Mly (17.2 Mpc )
Type
S0- pec?, BCD
Size
~12,300 ly (3.78 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
0.8 x 0.7

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 7077 is a lenticular blue compact dwarf galaxy located about 56 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Aquarius. Discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on August 11, 1863, the galaxy lies within the Local Void.

Infrared image of the NGC 7077 galaxy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 7077” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.