NGC 7077

NGC 7077 is a lenticular blue compact dwarf galaxy^[2] located about 56 million light-years away from Earth^[3] in the constellation Aquarius.^[4] Discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on August 11, 1863,^[5] the galaxy lies within the Local Void.^[6]

Infrared image of the NGC 7077 galaxy

NGC 7077
The lenticular galaxy NGC 7077 as imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Aquarius
Right ascension	21h 29m 59.6s[1]
Declination	02° 24′ 51″[1]
Redshift	0.003843[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1152 km/s[1]
Distance	56 Mly (17.2 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.14[1]
Characteristics
Type	S0- pec?, BCD[1]
Size	~12,300 ly (3.78 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	0.8 x 0.7[1]
Other designations
ARAK 549, CGCG 375-47, MCG 0-54-28, Mrk 900, NPM1G +02.0497, PGC 66860, UGC 11755 [1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (7001–7840)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7077. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
3. "NED Query Results for NGC 7077". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
4. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7077 - Galaxy in Aquarius Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Archived from the original on 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7050 - 7099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
6. Tully, Brent. "The Local Void" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

External links

• Media related to NGC 7077 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 7077 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images