NGC 7004 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Indus |
Right ascension | 21h 04m 02.2s[1] |
Declination | −49° 06′ 51″[1] |
Redshift | 0.025284 |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 7580 km/s[1] |
Distance | 329,462,000 ly |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.8[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | (R')SAB(s)0/a[1] |
Size | ~166,981.78 ly |
Apparent size (V) | 1.31× 0.44[1] |
Other designations | |
ESO 235-46, FAIR 938, PGC 66019[1] |
NGC 7004 is a spiral galaxy[1] around 330 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Indus.[2][1] NGC 7004 has an estimated diameter of 166,980 light-years.[1] NGC 7004 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on October 2, 1834.[3] NGC 7004 is also part of a group of galaxies that contains the nearby galaxy NGC 7002.[4]