NGC 7043

NGC 7043 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 200 million light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus.^[2][3] NGC 7043 is part of a pair of galaxies that contains the galaxy NGC 7042.^[4] It has an estimated diameter of 73,100 light-years.^[3] NGC 7043 was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on August 18, 1863.^[5]

NGC 7043
The barred spiral galaxy NGC 7043 (upper left) and NGC 7042 (lower right).
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pegasus
Right ascension	21h 14m 04.2s[1]
Declination	13° 37′ 34″[1]
Redshift	0.016451[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4,932 km/s[1]
Distance	2,051 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.57[1]
Characteristics
Type	SBa [1]
Size	~73,101.42 ly (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.0 x 0.9[1]
Other designations
CGCG 426-24, KCPG 555B, MCG 2-54-14, PGC 66385, UGC 11704[1]

See also

• Barred spiral galaxy
• List of NGC objects (7001–7840)