NGC 7003

NGC 7003
SDSS image of NGC 7003
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationDelphinus
Right ascension21h 00m 42.4s
Declination+17° 48′ 18″
Redshift0.017689
Heliocentric radial velocity5303 km/s
Distance222 Mly (68.2 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)13.76
Characteristics
TypeSbc
Size~85,600 ly (26.25 kpc) (estimated)
Apparent size (V)1.1 × 0.8
Other designations
IRAS 20584+1736, UGC 11662, MCG +03-53-008, PGC 65887, CGCG 448-027

NGC 7003 is a spiral galaxy around 220 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Delphinus. NGC 7003 has an estimated diameter of 85,000 light-years. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on August 26, 1864.

The redshift of NGC 7003 places it in a filamentary ridge in the Perseus–Pisces Supercluster. The galaxy is host to a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 3.9 × 107 M☉.

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 7003:

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7003 Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Archived from the original on 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  3. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 – 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  4. ↑ Giovanelli, Riccardo; Haynes, Martha P. (1993-04-01). "A Survey of the Pisces-Perseus Supercluster. VI. The Declination Zone +15.5 degrees to n+21.5 degrees". The Astronomical Journal. 105: 1271. Bibcode:1993AJ....105.1271G. doi:10.1086/116508. ISSN 0004-6256.
  5. ↑ Arzoumanian, Zaven; Baker, Paul T.; Brazier, Adam; Brook, Paul R.; Burke-Spolaor, Sarah; Becsy, Bence; Charisi, Maria; Chatterjee, Shami; Cordes, James M.; Cornish, Neil J.; Crawford, Fronefield; Cromartie, H. Thankful; Decesar, Megan E.; Demorest, Paul B.; Dolch, Timothy (2021-06-01). "The NANOGrav 11 yr Data Set: Limits on Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Galaxies within 500 Mpc". The Astrophysical Journal. 914 (2): 121. arXiv:2101.02716. Bibcode:2021ApJ...914..121A. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abfcd3. ISSN 0004-637X.
  6. ↑ Donati, S.; Giovannini, M.; Mazzoni, E.; Petroni, G.; Rossi, M.; Tomasella, L.; Ochner, P.; Valenti, S.; Benetti, S.; Pastorello, A. (2011). "Supernova 2011dk in NGC 7003 = PSN J21004220+1748220". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (2741): 1. Bibcode:2011CBET.2741....1D.
  7. ↑ "SN 2011dk". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Bright Supernovae - 2011". rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2017-06-20.